plerome
plerome · pleromes
The central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which,…The central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele.
Meaning
1 sensesThe central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele.
Origin
Borrowed from German Plerom + English -ome (suffix denoting a mass of something). Plerom iBorrowed from German Plerom + English -ome (suffix denoting a mass of something). Plerom is derived from Pleroma (obsolete), from Ancient Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “that which fills, a complement; a filling up, a completing”): see further at pleroma.
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