embryonal

embryonal
embryo NOUN (pl. embryos) 1) an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, especially an unborn human in the first eight weeks from conception. Compare with FETUS(Cf. ↑fetus). 2) the part of a seed which develops into a new plant.
in embryo — Cf. ↑in embryo
DERIVATIVES embryonal adjective.
ORIGIN Greek embruon 'fetus' .

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