embryo

Other forms of embryo

plural

embryoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about embryo

What does embryo mean?

embryo means "(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in embryo?

embryo has 3 syllables: em-bry-o. The stress falls on "em". In IPA it is /ˈɛmbɹiˌoʊ/.

What is another word for embryo?

Close synonyms include conceptus, fertilized egg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is embryo a common word?

embryo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with embryo?

35 words rhyme with embryo. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.