Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cell_nucleus

1 sense of cell nucleus

Sense 1
nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon -- (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)
       => organelle, cell organelle, cell organ -- (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus")