portion of meristem tissue
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009013
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: meristem
- exact: meristema (Spanish)
- exact: meristematic tissue
- exact: 分裂組織 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) in which plant cells (PO:0009002) have retained their embryonic characteristics, or have reverted to them secondarily, and that divide to produce new cells that can undergo differentiation to form mature tissues, i.e. they have a capacity for morphogenesis and growth. [source: APweb:Glossary, GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal]
- Comment
- None
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