blastema Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops

WordNet

Blas*te"ma noun
Etymology
Gr. bud, sprout.
Wordforms
plural Blastemata
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.

Webster 1913