m 3 e 1 r 1 i 1 s 1 t 1 e 1 m 3
8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
originFrom German Meristem, from Ancient Greek μεριστός (meristós, “divided”), from μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros) + στέμμα (stémma, “wreath, garland”). First used in 1858 by Swiss botanist Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817–1891).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
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- mismeet 11
- misterm 11
- stemmer 11
- emmers 10
- emmets 10
- merism 10
- mimers 10
- mismet 10
- simmer 10
- meister 9
- metiers 9