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Cambium vs Meristem - What's the difference?

cambium | meristem |

In botany terms the difference between cambium and meristem

is that cambium is a layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems while meristem is the plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.

cambium

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
  • * 1863 , Harland Coultas, What may be learned from a tree
    • During winter we perceive no change in the cells of the cambium layer, which are filled with nutritive matter […].
  • (obsolete) One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs.
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147:
    • The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium , and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […].

    meristem

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.

    • Derived terms

    * meristematic, meristematically * adaxial meristem * apical meristem * intercalary meristem * lateral meristem * plate meristem