Definition of embryo

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Embryo (n.) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus)..

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Coleorhiza :: Coleorhiza (n.) A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle..
Antitropous :: Antitropous (a.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle..
Embryo Sac :: Embryo sac () See under Embryonic.
Develop :: Develop (v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year..
Gastrulation :: Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed..
Rhombogene :: Rhombogene (n.) A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata.
Actinula :: Actinula (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form..
Embryological :: Embryological (a.) Of or pertaining to embryology.
Blastoderm :: Blastoderm (n.) The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed..
Basisphenoidal :: Basisphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult..
Dicyemata :: Dicyemata (n. pl.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.
Myotome :: Myotome (n.) One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves..
Embryonic :: Embryonic (a.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
Tigella :: Tigella (n.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
Cormogeny :: Cormogeny (n.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.
Embryologic :: Embryologic (a.) Alt. of Embryologica.
Spore :: Spore (n.) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.
Caulicle :: Caulicle (n.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle..
Embryotroph :: Embryotroph (n.) The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
Quintine :: Quintine (n.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine..
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