Meaning of EMBRYONIC
| Pronunciation: | | `embree'ânik
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- [adj] in an early stage of development; "the embryo government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"; "an idea in embryo"
- [adj] of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"
- [adj] of or relating to an embryo; "the embryonic membrane"
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| | Synonyms: | | early, embryo(a), embryonal, embryonal, embryotic, immature, in embryo |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Em`bry*on"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
{Embryonic} {sac or vesicle} (Bot.), the vesicle within which
the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called
also {amnios sac}, and {embryonal sac}.
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