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in embryo

in embryo prepositional phrase: under development; not yet complete.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (figuratively) Under development; not yet complete.

Questions about in embryo

What does in embryo mean?
In embryo means under development; not yet complete.
What part of speech is in embryo?
In embryo is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in embryo in the dictionary

  1. in duplicate
  2. in dutch
  3. in earnest
  4. in effect
  5. in effigy
  6. in embryo
  7. in equal measure
  8. in error
  9. in especial
  10. in esse
  11. in essence

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