Sentence examples for the growing points from inspiring English sources

Characteristically, vascular plants grow and develop through the activity of organ-forming regions, the growing points.

The Dynastinae (rhinoceros, Hercules, and elephant beetles) are often pests of palms, killing them by destroying the growing points.

As in the stems, the growing points of the roots are at their tips (root apical meristems); however, they produce only more root tissue, not whole organs (leaves and stems).

However, the growing points, or meristems, of grasses lie at the base of each stem between the leaves so that regrowth is possible following removal of the tip by grazers, fire, or lawnmowers.

One important distinction is between persistent meristems, typified by those of the growing points, and meristems with a limited life, those associated with organs, such as the leaf, of determinate growth.

In still other instances, the growing points may be coiled and resemble a ram's horn, or they may be fused and highly distorted into a grotesque tangle of coils.

Gradual structural change in the growing point, however, does not adequately account for all aspects of juvenility.

Hence, the growing point of the RNA chain is the 3′ end, and polymerization is continuous as the RNA polymerase moves along the transcribed region.

As fasciation develops, the growing point of the plant becomes broader; the unregulated tissue growth results in significant increases in the weight and volume of the plant.

Divorced from its earlier context, the growing point of the case is to impose order on often chaotic election processes in the states.

At the growing point of every branch are three well-organized cell layers that contribute to the growth of leaves, stems and fruit.