embryo
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(satellite adjective) in an early stage of development; "the embryo government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"; "an idea in embryo" |
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Synonyms: embryonic, embryotic, in embryo |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg |
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Related Words: animal, animate being, beast, blastodermic vesicle, blastosphere, blastula, brute, creature, fauna, gastrula |
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(noun) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium |
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Related Words: flora, plant, plant life |
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