meride
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Etymology 2
From French méride from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “a part”) (genitive μερίδος (merídos)).
Noun
meride (plural merides)
- (biology) A colony of plastids.
- 1906, Louis-Lucien Baclé, Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science:
- The living matter which goes to make up elementary cells , the plastids and merides whose combination constitutes living beings , already assumes , in nucleated cells , a peculiar form giving it distinct specific characteristics […]
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