The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
merismatic — MERISMÁTIC, Ă adj. (despre celule, ţesuturi) care se divizează în părţi similare. (< fr. mérismatique) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
merismatic — mer·is·mat·ic … English syllables
merismatic — |merə̇z|mad.ik adjective Etymology: Greek merismat , merisma part (from merizein to divide) + English ic 1. botany : meristematic 2. zoology … Useful english dictionary
Variegation — is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves, and sometimes the stems, of plants. This may be due to a number of causes. Some variegation is attractive and ornamental, and gardeners tend to preserve these. The term is also… … Wikipedia
merism — (n.) 1894 in biological sense repetition of parts in living things; earlier in rhetoric, synecdoche in which totality is expressed by contrasting parts (e.g. high and low, young and old); from Mod.L. merismus, from Gk. merismos a dividing,… … Etymology dictionary
merisis — n. Biology, growth by cell division. ♦ merismatic, a. dividing into segments by internal partitions. ♦ meristem, n. embryonic plant tissue capable of growth by division. ♦ meristic, a. divided into segments; pertaining to number or… … Dictionary of difficult words
