proembryo

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ embryo.

Noun

proembryo (plural proembryos)

1. (botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo.

   Synonym: pseudocotyledon

2. (botany) The protonema of mosses.

Related terms

• proembryonic

Translations

cluster of cells

French: proembryon (fr) m, pro-embryon (fr) m