growing point
noun Botany.
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.
Origin of growing point
First recorded in 1825–35
Words nearby growing point
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Example sentences from the Web for growing point
Man is, as it were, the growing-point of that progressive life.
Parallel Paths |Thomas William RollestonSeed is obtained by cutting old potatoes in pieces, each piece having an "eye" or growing-point.
ABC of Vegetable Gardening |Eben Eugene RexfordThese forming roots might also be marked very early, and so be shown to carry onward their root-cap on the growing-point.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf |Jane H. NewellYet, if we cannot know this first growing-point of our individual life, it may be useful to inquire what can we know about it?
The Philosophy of Natural Theology |William Jackson