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Noun: embryo  'em-bree`ow
  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 foetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
    - conceptus, fertilized egg, fertilised egg [Brit]

Derived forms: embryos

See also: embryonal, embryotic

Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, flora, plant, plant life

Encyclopedia: Embryo

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