| NOUN | plant | mother cell | cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops |
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| Meaning | cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops. | |
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| Example | "a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell" | |
| Narrower | spore mother cell | cell from which a spore develops |
| Broader | cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
| Spanish | célula madre, célula progenitora | |
| Catalan | cèl·lula mare | |
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