A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
The beginning; the first stage of anything.
In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body
An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.