plural of green vegetable bug

Foodstuffs obtained through protein hydrolysis. / (euphemistic) Synonym of monosodium glutamate

plural of hydrolyzed vegetable protein

A meat analog derived from soy, a by-product of extracting soybean oil, in the form of small chunks that can be reconstituted with water and cooked.

plural of vegetable ivory tree

A tropical South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, whose seed is used as a substitute for ivory; the tagua palm.

A nonreproductive cell; any cell that is not involved in the production of gametes.

plural of vegetative cell

(embryology) The hemisphere of the blastula opposite to the animal pole comprising large yolk cells dividing at a slower rate that eventually differentiate into the extraembryonic membranes.

(chemistry, obsolete) A crystalline growth of an arborescent form.