About The Word Embryo
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Embryo
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What's The Definition Of Embryo?
[n] 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
[n] a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium Synonyms | Synonyms for Embryo: conceptus | fertilized egg Related Terms | Find terms related to Embryo: See Also | animal | animate being | beast | blastodermic vesicle | blastula | brute | creature | fauna | flora | gastrula | morula | plant | plant life | umbilical cord Embryo In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Em"bry*o\, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud. |
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