Synonyms:
embryo, conceptus, fertilized_egg
Meaning: 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
Synonyms:
embryo
Meaning: (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
Usage examples
We know that the woman's own system feels the strain of these drugs and that the embryo is usually poisoned by them.
After Huber had demonstrated that wax is secreted from an entirely different substance, he was soon led to conjecture that the bee-bread must be used for the nourishment of the embryo bees.