(from the article `plant development`) ...stem and the root are terminal meristems. In the stem apex, the uppermost part is the promeristem, below which is a zone of transversely oriented ... ...outermost protoderm differentiates into the epidermis, a tissue that protects the plant; the adjacent ground meristem differentiates into the .... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/117
Pro·cam'bi·um noun [ New Latin See Pro- , and Cambium .] (Botany) The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. Sachs. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/165