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vegetal pole

noun Embryology.

the relatively inactive part of an ovum opposite the animal pole, containing much yolk and little cytoplasm.

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Nearby words

  1. vegetable tanning,
  2. vegetable wax,
  3. vegetable wool,
  4. vegetably,
  5. vegetal,
  6. vegetarian,
  7. vegetarianism,
  8. vegetate,
  9. vegetated,
  10. vegetation
Compare animal pole.

Origin of vegetal pole

First recorded in 1895–1900
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Medicine definitions for vegetal pole

vegetal pole

n.

The part of a telolecithal egg in which the bulk of the yolk is situated.vitelline pole
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