embrião — meaning in English

English meaning

• embryo noun An organism in the earliest stage of development, before it is recognizably formed — in humans, roughly the first eight weeks after conception.
• seed noun A small hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow.

Senses

embrião is used for these senses in English:

• seed (countable, figurative) A precursor.

embryo — full definition

1. noun An organism in the earliest stage of development, before it is recognizably formed — in humans, roughly the first eight weeks after conception.
2. noun The very earliest stage of a plan, project, or idea, before it has properly developed.

seed — full definition

1. noun A small hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow.
2. noun The origin or starting point of something that later develops.
3. noun A competitor's ranked starting position in a tournament.
4. verb To plant seeds in an area.
5. verb To assign a rank or starting position to a competitor in a tournament.

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