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What is the major difference between an embryo and a seed

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seed
is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food . It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant.
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embryo
is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development , from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching or germination . In humans, it is called an embryo until about eight weeks after fertilization (i.e. ten weeks after the last menstrual period or LMP), and from then it is instead called a fetus .

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