meristem

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From German Meristem, from Ancient Greek μεριστός (meristós, “divided”), from μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros) + στέμμα (stémma, “wreath, garland”). First used in 1858 by Swiss botanist Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817–1891).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: meristeem — zone of active cell division
• Esperanto: meristemo — zone of active cell division
• Finnish: kasvusolukko — zone of active cell division
• French: méristème — zone of active cell division
• German: Meristem — zone of active cell division
• Greek: μερίστωμα (merístoma) — zone of active cell division
• Hungarian: merisztéma — zone of active cell division
• Ido: meristemo — zone of active cell division
• Italian: meristema — zone of active cell division
• Japanese: 分裂組織 (bunretsusoshiki) — zone of active cell division
• Korean: 분열조직 (bunyeoljojik) — zone of active cell division
• Persian: مریستم (merīstem) — zone of active cell division
• Persian: سرلاد (sarlād) — zone of active cell division
• Polish: tkanka twórcza — zone of active cell division
• Polish: merystem — zone of active cell division
• Portuguese: meristema — zone of active cell division
• Romanian: meristem — zone of active cell division
• Spanish: meristemo — zone of active cell division
• Spanish: meristema — zone of active cell division
• Tagalog: hatianan — zone of active cell division
• Turkish: meristem — zone of active cell division