Synonyms for embryo

Noun

1. embryo, plant, flora, plant life

usage: (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

2. embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

usage: 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