Sentence:  There had been some coconut in it , for I remember my <WSD>mother</WSD> 's taking a quick glance at a stringy bit of this nut on the cheek of one of them and then putting down her radish with a shiver . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)