Definitions for embryo



Overview of noun embryo

The noun embryo has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. embryo

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

2. embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg

(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)

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