say it: pur-EN-tuhl
parental is an adjective meaning "designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced". It carries 2 recorded senses.
designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
genetics
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for parental come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.