EMBRYO

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as:

2.
n.

The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).

3.
n.

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.

4.
a.

Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

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