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"Embryo" Definition

noun

A rudimentary or beginning stage: "To its founding fathers, the European [Economic] Community was the embryo of the United States of Europe” ( Economist).
An organism at any time before full development, birth, or hatching.
An organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.
Botany The minute, rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium.
In humans, the prefetal product of conception from implantation through the eighth week of development.