- ameristic
- \\|amə|ristik, |āˌme|r-\ adjective
Etymology: Greek ameristos undivided (from a- a- (II) + meristos divided) + English -ic — more at meristem: undifferentiated — used of certain ferns having the prothallia not fully developed and lacking in meristematic tissue thus failing to produce archegonia
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—amerism, n./am'euh ris"tik, ay'me ris"-/, adj. Bot.not divided into parts; having no meristem.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.