Q. The word meristem is derived from Greek, meristos meaning

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The word meristem is derived from Greek word meristos, which literally mean divided or divisible, it is a simple plant tissue of thin walled embryonic cells, which undergo mitosis forming new cells and tissues. The term meristem was coined by Negali in 1858.