HyperDic: mother_cell

English > 1 sense of the expression mother cell:
NOUNplantmother cellcell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops
English > mother cell: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops.
Example"a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell"
Narrowerspore mother cellcell from which a spore develops
Broadercell(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Spanishcélula madre, célula progenitora
Catalancèl·lula mare

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