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primary tissue

noun Botany.

any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.

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Nearby words

  1. primary spermatocyte,
  2. primary stress,
  3. primary structure,
  4. primary succession,
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  6. primary tooth,
  7. primary tuberculosis,
  8. primary type,
  9. primary union,
  10. primary verb

Origin of primary tissue

First recorded in 1870–75
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