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mother cell

DEFINITIONS OF: mother cell

1

n cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops

“a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell”
Types:
spore mother cell
cell from which a spore develops
Type 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
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