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parental
adjective
relating
to
a
parent
or
to
parents
in
general
•
The
school
organized
a
parental
meeting
so
families
could
talk
with
teachers
.
The
school
organized
a
parental
meeting
so
families
could
talk
with
teachers
.
•
He
took
parental
leave
to
stay
home
with
his
newborn
daughter
.
He
took
parental
leave
to
stay
home
with
his
newborn
daughter
.
From
Latin
parentālis
,
from
parēns
“
parent
.”
noun
a
parent
organism
or
strain
used
as
the
starting
point
in
breeding
or
genetic
experiments
•
The
scientists
crossed
two
different
parental
lines
to
study
flower
color
inheritance
.
The
scientists
crossed
two
different
parental
lines
to
study
flower
color
inheritance
.
•
Each
parental
passed
on
a
distinct
set
of
genes
to
the
offspring
.
Each
parental
passed
on
a
distinct
set
of
genes
to
the
offspring
.
Adoption
of
the
adjective
as
a
noun
in
early
20th-century
genetics
to
denote
the
organisms
providing
the
original
genetic
material
.
