(Australia, New Zealand) A stink bug, Nezara viridula, that has spread worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions and is a significant pest on many crops.

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.

A brown, pickled and shredded Chinese cabbage usually packaged in a foil packet or in a vacuum jar.

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

plural of vegetable ivory tree

plural of hydrolyzed vegetable protein

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

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

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.