Associations to the word «Clone»

Wiktionary

CLONE, noun. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
CLONE, noun. A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
CLONE, noun. A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[1]
CLONE, verb. To create a clone.
CLONE TOWN, noun. (British) A town whose major shopping areas are dominated by chain stores at the expense of local diversity.
CLONE TOWNS, noun. Plural of clone town

Dictionary definition

CLONE, noun. A person who is almost identical to another.
CLONE, noun. A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction.
CLONE, noun. An unauthorized copy or imitation.
CLONE, verb. Make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats