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apical meristem
ap·i·cal mer·i·stem (plural ap·i·cal mer·i·stems)


noun 
Definition:
 
growing tissue at shoot or root tip: the zone of actively dividing tissue at the tip of a shoot or root that produces new tissue, mainly to increase length
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