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embryo

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Noun

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

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Synonyms:
conceptus fertilized egg

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