Embryonic

a.

1.

(Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac (Bot.) the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; - sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.

Adj.	1.	embryonic - of or relating to an embryo; "the embryonic membrane" Synonyms: embryonal
	2.	embryonic - of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development" Synonyms: embryologic, embryonal
	3.	embryonic - in an early stage of development; "the embryo government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing" Synonyms: embryotic

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