1904 3 279 Superficial cells of the cotyledon and leaf-meristems have been found dividing periclinally.
1968 (National Acad. Sci.–National Res. Council) ix. 153 The phenylcarbamates inhibit cell division both in roots and in leaf meristems.
2003 C. Körner (ed. 2) viii. 108 (caption) In most alpine plants, vegetative shoot apices and leaf meristems are buried several centimeters below the ground.