ameristic

adjective

am·​er·​is·​tic

¦amə¦ristik,

¦āˌme¦r-

: undifferentiated

—used of certain ferns having the prothallia not fully developed and lacking in meristematic tissue thus failing to produce archegonia

Word History

Etymology

Greek ameristos undivided (from a- a- entry 2 + meristos divided) + English -ic

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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