Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - embryo
Embryo
embryo
n. (pl. -os) 1 a an unborn or unhatched offspring. b a human offspring in the first eight weeks from conception. 2 a rudimentary plant contained in a seed. 3 a thing in a rudimentary stage. 4 (attrib.) undeveloped, immature. Phrases and idioms in embryo undeveloped. Derivatives embryoid adj. embryonal adj. embryonic adj. embryonically adv. Etymology: LL embryo -onis f. Gk embruon foetus (as EN-(2), bruo swell, grow)
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noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Medieval Latin ~n-, ~, from Greek ~n, from en+ bryein to swell; akin to Greek bryon catkin Date: 1548 1. a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching, an animal in the early stages of growth and differentiation that are characterized by cleavage, the laying down of fundamental tissues, and the formation of primitive organs and organ systems, the young sporophyte of a seed plant usually comprising a rudimentary plant with plumule, radicle, and cotyledons, 3. something as yet undeveloped, a beginning or undeveloped state of something ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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