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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of an organism prior to birth or hatching;
- Example: "in the embryonic stage"
- Example: "embryologic development"
[syn: embryonic, embryologic, embryonal]

2. in an early stage of development;
- Example: "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"
- Example: "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"
[syn: embryonic, embryotic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Embryonic \Em`bry*on"ic\, a. (Biol.)
   Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
   [1913 Webster]

   Embryonic sac or Embryonic vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle
      within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; --
      sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

embryonic
    adj 1: of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the
           embryonic stage"; "embryologic development" [syn:
           embryonic, embryologic, embryonal]
    2: in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government
       staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation,
       not yet self-governing" [syn: embryonic, embryotic]