growing point

American  

noun

Botany.

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of growing point

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

That’s a growing point of emphasis with bill payers like insurers and employers.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

The hardy lilies should be dug out and divided once the growing point strays outside its pot, every two or three years.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

Foreign journalists in China have become a growing point of tension in recent years.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2020

Standards are a growing point of conflict for the global internet, and they have been for some time.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2020

If we follow it to the tip, the contents here will be found to be denser, this being the growing point.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton