1. an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, especially a human offspring during the first eight weeks after conception
Usage: biology
2. the part of a seed that develops into a plant
Usage: botany
3. something in its earliest stage of development
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The human embryo develops rapidly during the first few weeks.
• Scientists studied the embryo under a microscope.
• The wheat embryo contains many nutrients.
• Plant embryos are protected by the seed coat.
• The project is still in embryo form.
• Her idea was just an embryo of what it would become.
• The embryo of the plan needed more development.