A group of plant cells that are capable of dividing infinitely and whose main function is the production of new growth at the growing tip of a root or stem. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018519
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Root Tips
Meristems
Root Tip
Tips, Root
Tip, Root
AN
coord with specific plant
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AE AH CH CL CY DE EM EN GD GE IM ME MI PH PO PS RE TO UL VI
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C0242728
C1136059
DC
1
definition
A group of plant cells that are capable of dividing infinitely and whose main function is the production of new growth at the growing tip of a root or stem. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)