† merithaln.
Botany. Obsolete.
1. = merithallus n. 1.
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1849 Rep. & Papers Bot. (Ray Soc.) 204 The vessels [sc. xylem and phloem] commence in the internodes of the stem (mérithale tigillaire), then appear in the petiolary and the laminary merithals of the leaf.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §139 A leaf, in general,..consists of a flat expanded portion.., called the blade, limb, or laminar merithal.., of a narrower portion called the petiole.., stalk, or petiolary merithal.., and sometimes of a portion at the base of the petiole, which forms a sheath or vagina... The sheathing portion or vaginal merithal is sometimes incorporated with the stem.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §640 In Dicotyledons, the embryo consists of two or more phytons united, with their foliar merithals (cotyledons) distinct, while their cauline and radicular merithals form each a single organ.
1895 Science 15 Mar. 282/2 The ascending part has three kinds of tissues or merithals—the stem merithal, petiolar merithal and the limbic merithal.
2. = merithallus n. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > internode
joint1377
internode1659
internodium1664
articulation1765
merithal1849
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 46 The space between the two nodi is called an internodium (entrenœud Fr.; merithallus, Du Petit Thouars).]
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §169 The part of the stem between the nodes is the internode or merithal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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