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embryo 音標拼音: ['ɛmbri ,o] n. 胎兒,胚胎,胚芽 胎兒,胚胎,胚芽 embryo n 1: ( botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium 2: 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 [ synonym: { embryo}, { conceptus}, { fertilized egg}] Embryo \ Em" bry* o\, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud. [ 1913 Webster]
Embryo \ Em" bry* o\, n.; pl. { Embryos}. [ F. embryon, Gr. ' e` mbryon, perh. fr. ? in ( akin to L. ? E. in) ? to be full of, swell with; perh. akin to E. brew.] ( Biol.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as: ( a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus ( see { Fetus}). ( b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. [ 1913 Webster] { In embryo}, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. " The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster]
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