embryo
/ˈɛmbriˌoʊ/
noun
- An animal or human in the early stage of development before birth, especially from about two weeks after fertilization to the end of the eighth week of pregnancy.
- The doctor explained that the embryo was developing normally.
- Scientists study mouse embryos to understand human development.
- In the first few weeks, the embryo grows rapidly and forms a heart.
- A plant in the early stage of development inside a seed.
- Inside each seed is a tiny embryo that will grow into a new plant.
- The embryo of the bean plant is protected by the seed coat.
- Warmth and water help the plant embryo begin to grow.
- Something that is just beginning to develop or is in an early stage.
- Her idea for a novel was just an embryo at that point.
- The peace treaty was an embryo of a new relationship between the two countries.
- The project was still an embryo when the funding was cut.