proembryo

noun — 2 senses

proembryo

noun

Etymology From pro- + embryo.

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo.

2

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The protonema of mosses.

Related terms
proembryonic

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