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Webster 1913 Edition


Embryonic

Emˊbry-on′ic

,
Adj.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
Embryonic sac
or
Embryonic vesicle
(Bot.)
,
the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; – sometimes called also
amnios sac
, and
embryonal sac
.

Definition 2024


embryonic

embryonic

English

Adjective

embryonic (comparative more embryonic, superlative most embryonic)

  1. (embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
  2. (figuratively) Something, especially a project, that is very new and is still evolving; something that has yet to reach its full potential.

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