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parent 1. a father or mother 2. Rare an ancestor 3. a. an organism or organization that has produced one or more organisms or organizations similar to itself b. (as modifier): a parent organism 4. Physics Chem a. a precursor, such as a nucleus or compound, of a derived entity b. (as modifier): a parent nucleus
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sports' are extremely rare under nature, but far from rare under cultivation; and in this case we see that the treatment of the parent has affected a bud or offset, and not the ovules or pollen. "He's a born Weller," laughed Jo, as her parent gathered himself up, and her nephew tried to stand on his head, as the only mode of expressing his satisfaction that school was over. Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization, and turns him out. |
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