Associations to the word «Zygote»

Wiktionary

ZYGOTE, noun. A fertilized egg cell.

Dictionary definition

ZYGOTE, noun. (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats