mother lode
Noun
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Noun
mother lode (plural mother lodes)
- (geology) A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Any source of valuable or useful material.
- German: Hauptader
- Spanish: veta madre
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