GERMINAL AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does germinal area mean? 

• GERMINAL AREA (noun)
  The noun GERMINAL AREA has 1 sense:

1. a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula

  Familiarity information: GERMINAL AREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GERMINAL AREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A layer of cells on the inside of the blastula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blastoderm; blastodisc; germinal area; germinal disc

Hypernyms ("germinal area" is a kind of...):

layer (thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells)