daughter: Meaning and Definition of

daugh•ter

1. a female child or person in relation to her parents.
2. any female descendant.
3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: daughter of the church.
4. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin: The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.
5. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.

1. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.