Primordium
Organ in the earliest recognizable stage of embryonic development / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A primordium (/praɪˈmɔːrdiəm/; pl.: primordia; synonym: anlage) in embryology, is an organ or tissue in its earliest recognizable stage of development.[1] Cells of the primordium are called primordial cells. A primordium is the simplest set of cells capable of triggering growth of the would-be organ and the initial foundation from which an organ is able to grow. In flowering plants, a floral primordium gives rise to a flower.
Although it is a frequently used term in plant biology, the word is used in describing the biology of all multicellular organisms (for example: a tooth primordium in animals, a leaf primordium in plants or a sporophore primordium in fungi.[2])