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English noun: embryo | |||
| 1. | embryo (plant) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flora, plant, plant life | ||
| Domain category | botany, phytology | ||
| 2. | embryo (animal) 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, fertilized egg | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blastosphere, blastula, gastrula, morula | ||
| Part holonym | umbilical, umbilical cord | ||
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