Etymology

meristoderm

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Today it means: A meristem layer on the surface of brown algae. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μεριστός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμεριστός“divided”
  2. English todaymeristoderm

From Ancient Greek μεριστός (meristós, “divided”) + -derm.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμεριστός all →

meristem

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