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    embryo
    /ˈɛmbrɪəʊ/

    noun

    • 1. an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus). Similar fetusfertilized eggunborn child/baby
    • 2. a thing at a rudimentary stage that shows potential for development: "a simple commodity economy is merely the embryo of a capitalist economy" Similar rudimentary versiongermnucleusseed

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