embryonate, embryonated, embrionated

[Mod. Lat. embryon at us.] [EMBRYON AT.Ε.] Bot.: Po e ed of a proper embryo. "Embryonated or phanerogamous plants." -A. Richard, M. D.: Elements of Botany , trans. by P. Chuton , p. 524. ěm-bry-on-Ic, a. [Gr. embryon=an embryo; Eng. adj. suff. -ic .] 1. Lit .: Pertaining to an embryo, or resembling it; rudimentary. "A part arrested at an early phase of embryonic de. velopment."-Darwin: Descent of Man (1871), vol. i., pt. 1., ch. iv. 2. Fig .: In an embryo state; very recent or young. "In the embryonic town of Dick in son or Green River." -Century Magazine (Aug., 1882), p. 509. embryonic-sac, s. [EMBRYO-SAC.] embryonic-vesicles, s. Bot.: Two membrane le cells in the embryo-sac. They are called also germinal vesicles. ěm-bry-ở-těg-1-ŭm (pl. ěm-brỹ -ô-těg-i-a, ěm-bry-ot-ě-ga, s. [Gr. embryon =an embryo, and tegos =a roof, covering.] Bot .: A small callosity at a short distance from the hilum, in the seeds of Asparagus, Com mel in a, . It gives way at the time of germination. The name embryo teg a was first given by Gærtner.