"embryos" in the noun sense
1. embryo
botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
2. embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg
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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