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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Embryo

/ĕm'-brē-ōˌ/ · Em·bry·o · IPA /ˈɛmbɹi.oʊ/
01 n. The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant
pl. Embryos ((#))
  1. 1.
    The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant(Biol.)
Phrases & compounds
In embryo — in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed.
02 a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.