growing point

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noun Botany.

the undifferentiated end of a root, shoot, or vegetative axis consisting of a single cell or group of cells that divide to form primary meristematic tissue.

Origin:
1825–35

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organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy

female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms

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