Definition of vegetative cell Vegetative cell
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WordNet
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| vegetative cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"; | ||
| somatic cell | ||
| cell (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | ||
| skin cell any of the cells making up the skin | ||
| epithelial cell one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium | ||
| neoplastic cell a cell that is part of tumor | ||
| bone cell a cell that is part of a bone | ||
| blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets | ||
| phagocyte, scavenger cell a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms | ||
| visual cell one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light | ||
| adipose cell, fat cell cells composed of fat | ||
| muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body | ||
| schwann cell any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath | ||
| nerve cell, neuron a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses | ||
| glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell a cell of the neuroglia | ||
| hybridoma a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody | ||
| labrocyte, mast cell, mastocyte a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation | ||
| stem cell an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- vegetative cell (Noun)
A nonreproductive cell; any cell that is not involved in the production of gametes.
