Embryo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Embryo	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embryo n (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium 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 Synonym(s): embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embryo \Em"bryo\, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo* bud.
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. [bd]The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.[b8] --Swift.