Search Result for "embryo": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium;

2. 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;
[syn: embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Embryo \Em"bry*o\, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

embryo n 1: (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium 2: 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 [syn: embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg]