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  1. embryo:


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Detailed Synonyms for embryo in English

embryo:

embryo [the ~] noun

  1. the embryo
    the foetus; the fetus; the embryo
  2. the embryo
    – 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 1
    the embryo; the fertilized egg; the conceptus
    – 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 1
  3. the embryo
    – (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium 1
    the embryo
    – (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium 1

Related Words for "embryo":

  • embryos

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Related Definitions for "embryo":

  1. 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 life1
  2. (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium1