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

When cut from the top, the growing point for the taproot is removed, however the growing tip for new leaves is not.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 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

The growing point of the law had begun to be here and this was the most important form of law in the classical period from Augustus to the third century.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe