lateral meristem

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noun

meristem located along the sides of a part, as a stem or root.

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Words nearby lateral meristem

lateral line system, lateral lisp, lateral longitudinal stria, laterally, lateral magnification, lateral meristem, lateral moraine, lateral nystagmus, lateral pass, lateral plane, lateral plantar nerve

How to use lateral meristem in a sentence

Lateral Squats - For this variation, you step to the side as your do your squats.
Squats: The Absolutely Incredible Secret to Staying in Shape|Ari Meisel|January 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
U.S. policy stipulates that military coups trigger an automatic cutoff of bi-lateral military assistance.
Egypt: That Was A Coup|Ali Gharib|July 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the absence of a bi-lateral breakthrough, Israel should use the Arab Peace Initiative (API) to break the ice.
5 Arab Spring Opportunities For Israel|Nimrod Goren, Elie Podeh|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One never sees lateral passing these days -- instead it's plunge or pass.
Peter Worthington on Thinking Outside the Box|David Frum|May 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But under pressure, many firms are giving up on organic growth and turning to a lateral-hire strategy in the downturn.
Dewey & LeBoeuf Near Collapse—Are Other White Shoe Law Firms In Peril?|Dan Slater|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
While a person has the natural right also to the lateral support of his land, yet he cannot use it to the injury of another.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The owner of land adjoining a highway has no right to the lateral support of the soil of the street.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Sometimes these traps were weirs or by-washes, made of long lateral tanks of wicker-work.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete|Gilbert Parker
The pillars are strengthened against lateral yielding by horizontal and diagonal bracing.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

Scientific definitions for lateral meristem

lateral meristem

One of the two meristems in vascular plants (the cork cambium and the vascular cambium) in which secondary growth occurs, resulting in increase in stem girth. Also called secondary meristem Compare primary meristem. See more at cambium secondary growth.