meristem

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
meristem
    n 1: undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as
         at the tip of a stem or root
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Meristem \Mer"i*stem\, n. [Gr. ? divisible.] (Bot.)
   A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further
   division.
   [1913 Webster]
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