A parent who pays an inordinate amount of attention to their children and often makes decisions, particularly educational ones, normally the province of the student.

(botany) The plant that contributes male reproductive material, the pollen.

(chemistry) The simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.

A child's natural parent, either the male who supplied the sperm or the female who supplied the egg which interacted for the child's conception.

plural of parent company

(business) A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.

plural of parental unit

The parent or parents present in a family, considered as a unit. / (informal, often derogatory) A parent.

(humorous, euphemistic, of a person) Lacking one or both parents, or having parents who are inadequately supportive or caring.

An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.