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Embryo : (noun)
1: (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed
or an archegonium
2: an animal organism in the early stages of growth and
differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal
stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of
larval life [syn: conceptus, fertilized egg]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Embryo : \Em"bry*o\, n.; pl. Embryos. [F. embryon, Gr.
'e`mbryon, perh. fr. ? in (akin to L. ? E. in) _ ? to be full
of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.] (Biol.)
The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant;
as:
(a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically,
before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus
(see Fetus).
(b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and
which is developed by germination.
In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in
conception, but not yet executed. ``The company little
suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.''
--Swift.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Embryo : \Em"bry*o\, a.
Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an
embryo bud.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Embryo : Embryo: The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the beginning of the third month of pregnancy. After that point in time, it is termed
a fetus.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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