ground meristem

American  

noun

Botany.

1. an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.

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ground meristem Scientific  

1. The primary meristem in vascular plants that gives rise to the nonvascular tissues, such as cortex, pericycle, and pith. Within the seeds of angiosperms, it surrounds the procambium.

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Etymology

Origin of ground meristem

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Apical meristems differentiate into the three basic types of meristem tissue which correspond to the three types of tissue: protoderm produces new epidermis, ground meristem produces ground tissue, and procambium produces new xylem and phloem.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015