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Definition of embryo noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    embryo

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ˈɛmbrioʊ//
     
    (pl. embryos)
     
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  1. 1a young animal or plant in the very early stages of development before birth, or before coming out of its egg or seed, especially a human egg in the first eight weeks after fertilization human embryos
  2. 2(figurative) the embryo of an idea
    3. Idioms
    in embryo
     
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    existing but not yet fully developed The idea already existed in embryo in his earlier novels.
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