Category:Parent

Par"ent, n. Etym: [l. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; Cf. Gr. parent. Cf. Part.]

1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the lord. Eph. vi. 1.

2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness Is the parent of vice. Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. Channing. Parent cell. (biol.) See mother cell, under mother, also cytula. -- parent nucleus (biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, Divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis, and cell division, under division.