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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Embryo \Em"bry*o\, noun; 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.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Embryo \Em"bry*o\, adjective Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
embryo
noun
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 [syn: {conceptus}, {fertilized egg}]
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