What is the meaning of embryo?

noun

  • Botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium. (
  • 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.
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