"matriline" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin mater (“mother”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, matri- + line.",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "matrilineal"
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        "A line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers."
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  "word": "matriline"
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      "word": "matrilineal"
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