EMBRYO

embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg

(noun) 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

embryo

(noun) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

embryo (plural embryos or embryones)

In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body

In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body

(botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.

The beginning; the first stage of anything.

Anagrams

• Morbey, merboy

Source: Wiktionary

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Em"bry*o, n.; pl. Embryos. Etym: [F. embryon, Gr. in) + brew.] (Biol.)

Definition: 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.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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