1. resembling or relating to an embryo in structure or development
Usage: technical; biology

1. a structure that resembles an embryo but is not a true embryo, often produced in plant tissue culture or from somatic cells
Usage: technical; botany; cell biology

Examples

• The embryoid structures developed in the plant tissue culture showed early signs of differentiation.
• Scientists observed embryoid formation when somatic cells were exposed to specific growth hormones.
• The embryoid tissue began to develop roots and shoots without undergoing normal embryonic development.
• Researchers used embryoid bodies to study early developmental processes in vitro.
• The embryoid appearance of the cultured cells suggested they were beginning to differentiate.