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primordium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun primordium has 1 sense
- primordium(n = noun.body) anlage - an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development; Array is a kind of organ
OXFORD DICTIONARY
primordium, n. (pl. primordia) Biol. an organ or tissue in the early stages of development.
Etymology
L, neut. of primordius original f. primus first + ordiri begin
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