Question

Define the term meristem.

Answer 1

a region of plant tissue, found chiefly at the growing tips of roots and shoots and in the cambium, consisting of actively dividing cells forming new tissue.

"the apical meristem of the shoot produces the embryonic seed leaves"

Answer 2

Definition of meristem:

• It a developmental plant tissue which is generallyly made up of small cells capable of separating continually and giving rise to "similar cells" or to "cells that differentiate to create the definitive tissues and organs".
• Meristematic cells contribute rise to different organs of a plant and are accountable for growth. Meristematic cells are commonly small in nature and "cuboidal with large nuclei", "small vacuoles", and "thin walls".