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clone
- /kloʊn/ US
- /kləʊn/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.
noun clones · clon
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. This new species is a clone of the mimosa plant.
- A group of identical cells derived from a single cell. […] each identified blastomere, and the clone of its descendant cells, plays a specific role in later development
- A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it. The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.
- A person who is exactly like or very similar to another person, in terms of looks or behavior. Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
- A Castro clone. Some of me is clone, but a good part of me is still disco.
verb clones · cloning · cloned · clon
- To create a clone of. The scientists were able to clone a sheep.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: clon, twin, replica, replicate, copy, duplicate, strain, clooney, reproduction, facsimile, imitation, replicant, xerox, simulacrum, copycat, doppelganger
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noun living organism (originally a plant)
| Español | clon |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 클론 keullon |
| 日本語 | クローン kurōn |
| 中文 | 克隆 kèlóng |
| Português | clone |
| Français | clone |
| Deutsch | Klon |
| Italiano | clone |
| Ελληνικά | κλώνος klónos |
| Română | clonă, clon |
| Русский | клон klon |
| Tiếng Việt | bản sao |
| العربية | كْلُون klūn |
noun group of identical cells derived from a single cell
| 中文 | 克隆 kèlóng, 複製 /复制 fùzhì |
|---|---|
| Português | clone |
| Français | clone |
| Deutsch | Klone |
| Ελληνικά | κλώνος klónos |
| العربية | مُسْتَنْسَخ mustansaḵ |
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title = {clone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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