embryonic

em·bry·on·ic  (mbr-nk) also em·bry·on·al (mbr--nl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being an embryo.

2. also em·bry·ot·ic (-tk) Rudimentary; incipient: an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing.

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[From Medieval Latin embry, embryn-, embryo; see embryo.]

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embry·onic·al·ly adv.

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embryonic

Adjective

1. of or relating to an embryo

2. in an early stage

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	embryonic - of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development" embryologic, embryonal immature - not yet mature
	2.	embryonic - in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing" embryotic early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"

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embryonic or embryonal

adjective rudimentary, early, beginning, primary, budding, fledgling, immature, seminal, nascent, undeveloped, incipient, inchoate, unformed, germinal << OPPOSITE advanced