embryo
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
embryo /ˈɛmbrɪəʊ/
▶noun (pl. embryos)
- 1 an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, especially an unborn human in the first eight weeks from conception. Compare with fetus.
- 2 Botany the part of a seed which develops into a new plant.
– phrases
in embryo at a rudimentary stage.
in embryo at a rudimentary stage.
– derivatives
embryonal /ˈɛmbrɪən(ə)l/ adjective.
embryonal /ˈɛmbrɪən(ə)l/ adjective.
– origin ME: via late L. from Gk embruon ‘fetus’, from em- ‘into’ + bruein ‘grow’.
'embryo' also found in these Oxford entries:
amnion
- amniote
- animal
- anlage
- blastula
- chorion
- conceptus
- dicotyledon
- ectoderm
- ectomorph
- egg tooth
- embryogenesis
- embryonic
- endoderm
- endomorph
- endosperm
- epiblast
- epicotyl
- epigenesis
- gastrula
- germ
- germinal
- germ layer
- hydatidiform mole
- hypocotyl
- mesenteron
- mesoblast
- mesoderm
- mesomorph
- monocotyledon
- neural tube
- nucellus
- ovum
- perisperm
- plumule
- polyembryony
- pre-embryo
- primitive streak
- radicle
- raphe
- scutellum
- teratogen
- totipotent
- trophoblast
- vegetal
- vitelline
- yolk
