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embryonate

embryonate adjective: having an embryo.

Adjective

embryonate (not comparable)

  1. Having an embryo.
    • an embryonate plant

Verb

embryonate (third-person singular simple present embryonates, present participle embryonating, simple past and past participle embryonated)

  1. To produce, or to differentiate into an embryo
    • The eggs embryonate, but the larvae die before hatching ( b ).2015 August 19, Christian Heim et al., “Inhibition of Haemonchus contortus larval development by fungal lectins”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI

Forms of embryonate

third-person singular presentembryonates
present participleembryonating
past participleembryonated
pastembryonated

Words formed from embryonate

Questions about embryonate

What does embryonate mean?
Embryonate means having an embryo.
What part of speech is embryonate?
Embryonate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near embryonate in the dictionary

  1. embryomas
  2. embryomata
  3. embryon
  4. embryonal
  5. embryonary
  6. embryonate
  7. embryonated
  8. embryonates
  9. embryonating
  10. embryonation
  11. embryones

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