English Explanatory Dictionary

clone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
  2. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
  3. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
  4. A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
  5. A Castro clone.
verb
  1. To create a clone of.

Pronunciation

klōn /kloʊn/ en-us-clone.ogg /kləʊn/

Word forms

clone clones clon cloning cloned

Etymology

Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.

Derived words

agroclone binary clone clonability clonable clonal cloneable cloneless clonelike clonemate clone town clonewheel organ clonish clonism clonology clonotype Doom clone epiclone Euroclone Famiclone hemiclone holoclone IBM PC clone interclone meroclone microclone monoclone nonclone oligoclone paraclone PC clone Pikaclone polyclone protoclone re-clone snowclone subclone superclone teleclone reclone
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