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Word entry · 5 letters

clone

Best crossword clue

"Genetic copy"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kloʊn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted celnoStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make multiple identical copies of

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • This new species is a clone of the mimosa plant.
  • […] each identified blastomere, and the clone of its descendant cells, plays a specific role in later development
  • The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.

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