What is "embryo" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does embryo mean in English? Meaning of embryo definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "embryo" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "embryo": (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

Noun

  • Meaning: (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
  • Synonyms: embryo
  • Hypernyms: flora plant plant life
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈɛmbɹiəʊ/

    Hyphenation: em‧bryo

    Meaning of "embryo": 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

    Noun

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: conceptus embryo fertilized egg
  • Hyponyms: blastosphere blastula gastrula morula
  • Hypernyms: animal animate being beast brute creature fauna
  • Part Holonyms: umbilical umbilical cord
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈɛmbɹiəʊ/

    Hyphenation: em‧bryo

    Synonyms:

    nucleus, egg, organism, incipient,

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    embryo in English: embryo
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