embryo
nounUK /ˈem.bri.əʊ/
US /ˈem.bri.oʊ/
A baby animal or plant that is just starting to grow.
The bird's embryo grows inside the egg.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. An early stage of development of something.
The plan was still an embryo when we first talked about it.
3. The rudimentary plant inside a seed.
The embryo in the bean seed will become a new plant.
4. A beginning or undeveloped form of something.
The idea existed only as an embryo in his notebook.