English Explanatory Dictionary

plerome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele.

Word forms

plerome

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plerom + English -ome (suffix denoting a mass of something). Plerom is derived from Pleroma (obsolete), from Ancient Greek πλήρωμᾰ (plḗrōmă, “that which fills, a complement; a filling up, a completing”): see further at pleroma.

Synonyms

pleroma
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