daughter cell

1. 1.

   a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell

   “anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identical”

   Broadercell

Questions about daughter cell

What does daughter cell mean?

daughter cell means "a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell".

Is daughter cell a common word?

daughter cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.