Embryo
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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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Wordset Dictionary
(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- conceptusfertilized egg
- plural
- Embryos
- possessive
- Embryo's
- pluralpossessive
- Embryos'