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Embryonic vs Gemmule - What's the difference?

embryonic | gemmule |

As an adjective embryonic

is (embryology) of or relating to an embryo.

As a noun gemmule is

(biology) a small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges.

embryonic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
  • (figuratively) Something, especially a project, that is very new and is still evolving; something that has yet to reach its full potential.

    • Synonyms

    * embryonal (much less common )

    gemmule

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia gemmule) (en noun)
  • (biology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges
  • :1978 Patricia R. Bergquist, "Sponges"
  • ::The actual formation of gemmule's by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the ' gemmulation .
  • (obsolete) A hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity

    • Related terms

    *gemmulation

    References

    * Oxford Dictionaries