Clone Definition
klōn
cloned, clones, cloning
noun
clones
All the descendants derived asexually from a single individual, as by cuttings, bulbs, etc. or by fission, parthenogenesis, etc.
Webster's New World
A group of cells or organisms that are descended from and genetically identical to a single progenitor, such as a bacterial colony whose members arose from a single original cell.
American Heritage
An individual produced by means of cloning.
Webster's New World
An organism developed asexually from another and genetically identical to it, such as an animal produced from an egg cell into which the nucleus of an adult individual has been transferred.
American Heritage
A person or thing very much like another.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To produce by means of cloning.
Webster's New World
To make multiple identical copies of (a DNA sequence).
American Heritage
To create or propagate (an organism) from a clone cell.
Clone a sheep.
American Heritage
To reproduce or propagate asexually.
Clone a plant variety.
American Heritage Medicine
To make a copy of; imitate.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Clone
Noun
Singular:
clone
Plural:
clonesOrigin of Clone
From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).
From Wiktionary
Greek klōn twig
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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