: a cell that gives rise to other cells usually of a different sort
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Recent Examples on the WebThe sticky cells in each of these snowflakes were genetically identical to each other---each cell had budded off from a mother cell, but had stuck around rather than setting off on its own.—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2011
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