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MOTHER CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops
Example:
a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mother cell" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mother cell"):
spore mother cell (cell from which a spore develops)
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