Added 9 October 2026
meristem
noun
First recorded: 1858 Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about meristem at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
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).
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