vegetal pole
noun Embryology.
the relatively inactive part of an ovum opposite the animal pole, containing much yolk and little cytoplasm.
Compare
animal pole.
Origin of vegetal pole
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby vegetal pole
vegetable tanning,
vegetable wax,
vegetable wool,
vegetably,
vegetal,
vegetal pole,
vegetarian,
vegetarianism,
vegetate,
vegetation,
vegetative
Medical definitions for vegetal pole
vegetal pole
n.
The part of a telolecithal egg in which the bulk of the yolk is situated.
vitelline pole