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telome definition

te·lome (tē′lōm′)

noun

Bot. the terminal branchlet of a primitive vascular plant

Etymology: Ger telom < tel- (< Gr telos: see telo-) + -om (< ModL -oma, a stem, mass < L -oma: see -oma)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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