Usually means: Embryonic precursor to central nervous system.
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(Note: See neural_tubes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (neural tube)

noun:  (anatomy) hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord

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