Embryo

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

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

(3): ( n.) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.

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

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

The scientific term for the young of an animal while yet in the initial stage of development in the womb; also applied to the plant in its rudimentary stage within the seed.

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