Word Explorer

Polyembryo

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Polyembryo"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

WordDefinition
monoembryonynoun(botany) The production of a single embryo (and thus seedling) from a seed
embryonounIn the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
proembryonoun(botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo.
polyspermnoun(botany) A tree whose fruit contains many seeds.
seednoun(countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
pseudembryonoun(zoology) A false embryo.
pseudoembryonounAlternative form of pseudembryo. [(zoology) A false embryo.]
typembryonounAn embryo in the stage of development at which the characteristics of the type to which it belongs may be seen.
embryosacnounAlternative form of embryo sac. [The megagametophyte in a flowering plant.]
embryo sacnounThe megagametophyte in a flowering plant.
monospermnoun(botany) A monospermous plant; a plant only having one seed.
plantulenoun(botany, dated) The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
endospermnoun(botany) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.
polyphorenoun(botany, mycology) A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
seed-budnounThe bud or germ of a seed; an ovule.
pseudogamynoun(botany) any reproductive process that requires pollination but does not involve male inheritance.
ovulenoun(botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
viviparynoun(in animals) Live birth (as opposed to hatching from an egg).
polyembryomanoun(medicine) An aggressive form of germ cell tumor usually found in the ovaries.
agamospermynoun(botany) The asexual production of embryos and seeds.

Translate “Polyembryo” into Another Language

Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.

Home/Dictionary/Polyembryo