embryo

Nouns

  • (n) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
  • (n) 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 conceptus, fertilized egg,

Synonyms

conceptus fertilized egg

Words of close approximity

embryologic embryologist embryology embryoma of the kidney embryonal embryonal carcinoma embryonal carcinosarcoma embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma embryonal rhabdosarcoma embryonic embryonic cell embryonic membrane embryonic stem-cell research embryonic tissue embryotic