vegetative meristem growth
The increase in size or mass of a vegetative meristem, a population of undifferentiated cells in a plant shoot which maintains a continuous balance between the production of stem cells and the incorporation of their derivatives into lateral organ primordia.
GO:0035266
meristem growth
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GO:0080186
developmental vegetative growth
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GO:0048367
shoot system development
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