vegetal

adjective

veg·​e·​tal ˈve-jə-tᵊl 

1

: vegetable

2

: vegetative

3

: of or relating to the vegetal pole of an egg or to that part of an egg from which the endoderm normally develops

vegetal blastomeres

Examples of vegetal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fermented in pinewood tanks for up to 15 days then aged for two months in a combination of new and once-used American oak barrels, the vegetal flavor has underlying hints of chocolate and curry, resulting in an extremely smooth sipping mezcal. —Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025

And don't worry, the cocoa blend will mask any of the vegetal flavors. —Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2025

Oil, usually thought of as dirty, sticky, grimy, and toxic, is ancient animal and vegetal life. —Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024

The salad is vegetal and luxe and weird, a bright spot in an otherwise underlit room. —Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Late Latin vegetāre "to live, grow" + Latin -ālis -al entry 1 — more at vegetate

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing vegetal

• vegetal pole

Medical Definition

vegetal

adjective

veg·​e·​tal ˈvej-ət-ᵊl 

1

: vegetable

2

: of or relating to the vegetal pole of an egg or to that part of an egg from which the endoderm normally develops

vegetal blastomeres