embryo has definitions from the fields of zoology,embryology,botany
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[ noun ] (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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plant botany

2
[ adjective ] in an early stage of development

Examples

"the embryo government staffed by survivors of the massacre" "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing" "an idea in embryo"

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early

3
[ noun ] (zoology,embryology) 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
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