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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.


Etymology

Origin of growing point

First recorded in 1825–35

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

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2022

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

From New York Times Dec. 11, 2020

But for bigger bulbs, do them a favor and try to set them with the growing point or nose upward.

From Washington Post Oct. 20, 2020

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

From Slate Sep. 25, 2020

There he will find the very beginnings of things, the growing point, as it were, of all neuropathy.

From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron

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