Definition of embryo

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Embryo (a.) Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud..

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Embryonic :: Embryonic (a.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
Endorhizous :: Endorhizous (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants..
Embryo :: Embryo (n.) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination..
Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..
Polyembryonate :: Polyembryonate (a.) Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic..
Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses..
Embryogeny :: Embryogeny (n.) The production and development of an embryo.
Gonochorism :: Gonochorism (n.) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs..
Diphygenic :: Diphygenic (a.) Having two modes of embryonic development.
Cicatricle :: Cicatricle (n.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
Polyembryony :: Polyembryony (n.) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac..
Exalbuminous :: Exalbuminous (a.) Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.
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..
Ossein :: Ossein (n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen..
Protoconch :: Protoconch (n.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods..
Corcule :: Corcule (n.) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.
Embryogenic :: Embryogenic (a.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
Embryonated :: Embryonated (a.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal..
Coleorhiza :: Coleorhiza (n.) A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle..
Actinula :: Actinula (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form..
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