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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embryo \Em"bry*o\, a.
Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as an
embryo bud.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
embryo
adj : in an early stage of development; "the embryo government
staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic
nation, not yet self-governing"; "an idea in embryo"
[syn: {embryo(a)}, {embryonic}, {embryotic}, {in embryo}]
n 1: 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}]
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