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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Embryo

means that which swells inside something (Greek, en-bru'o, which gives the Greek embruon); hence the child in the womb; the rudiment in a plant before it shows itself in a bud; an idea not developed, etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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