Daughter
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For other uses, see Daughter (disambiguation).
A daughter is a female offspring; a girl, woman, or female animal in relation to her parents. The male equivalent is a son. Analogously the name is used on several areas to show relations between groups or elements.[1]
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[edit] Plants
A daughter plant is an offspring grown out of a part of the plant, for example, from a cutting of a leaf.
[edit] Genderless species
[edit] Linguistics
[edit] Genetics
[edit] General relationship
The term can also refer to the subordinate in any relationship where the superior entity is referred to as mother, for example, a daughter ship. It may depend on time relations or on structure relations.
