vegetal


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vegetal /ˈvɛdʒɪt(ə)l/
adjective
  • 1 formal relating to plants.
  • 2 Biology denoting the pole or extremity of an embryo containing the less active cytoplasm. The opposite of animal.
– origin ME: from med. L. vegetalis, from L. vegetare ‘animate’.
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