Definition of embryo

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • embryo is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • embryo is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • embryo is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of embryo


  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. conceptus
    2. fertilized egg
  • (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium (noun)

See definition of embryo in Merriam Webster