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Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as,mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of amother; producing others; originating.It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. T.Arnold.Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, givesrise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell.-- Mother church, the original church; a church from which otherchurches have sprung; as, the mother church of a diocese.-- Mother country, the country of one's parents or ancestors; thecountry from which the people of a colony derive their origin.-- Mother liquor (Chem.), the impure or complex residual solutionwhich remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing havebeen removed.-- Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother.-- Mother tongue. (a) A language from which another language has hadits origin. (b) The language of one's native land; native tongue.-- Mother water. See Mother liquor (above).-- Mother wit, natural or native wit or intelligence.