parent plant; mother plant; parent strain
In botany and biology, the original plant or microbial strain from which offspring or clones are derived. Sense 2 is a more specific biological use.
We propagated many seedlings from this parent plant.
In the experiment, we examined the genes of the parent strain.
After the stock split, attention focused on the price difference between old shares and new shares.
A compound of 親 and 株. In finance, 親株 denotes previously issued shares in contrast with newly issued 子株; the botanical sense similarly contrasts a parent plant with its offshoots.