different between meristem vs apical

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???????? (meristós, “divided”), from ?????? (meríz?), from ????? (méros), plus ?????? (stémma, “wreath, garland”). First used in German in 1858, by Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817-1891) in his Beiträge zur Wissenschaftlichen Botanik.

Noun

meristem (plural meristems)

1. (botany) The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• mimester, mismeter, stemmier

Romanian

Etymology

From French méristème.

Noun

meristem n (plural meristeme)

1. meristem

Declension

English

Etymology

apices (“apex”) +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp?k?l/, /?e?p?k?l/

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

1. Of or connected with the apex.
2. (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
3. (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}
• (linguistics): laminal, coronal

Derived terms

• apicalwards
• apicalization
• biapical
• endoapical
• preapical
• subapical
• uniapical

Translations

Noun

apical (plural apicals)

1. (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

Translations

Anagrams

• Palaic

French

Adjective

apical (feminine singular apicale, masculine plural apicaux, feminine plural apicales)

1. apical (all senses)

Interlingua

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

1. apical

Related terms

• apice

Portuguese

Adjective

apical m or f (plural apicais, comparable)

1. apical (relating to an apex)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) apical (produced with the tip of the tongue)

Noun

apical f (plural apicais)

1. (phonetics) apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)

Romanian

Etymology

From French apical

Adjective

apical m or n (feminine singular apical?, masculine plural apicali, feminine and neuter plural apicale)

1. apical

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /api?kal/, [a.pi?kal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

apical (plural apicales)

1. apical
2. (botany) apical
3. (linguistics) apical

Derived terms

• apicalmente

Related terms

• ápice

Further reading

• “apical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.