CLONE

I. noun see: clast Date: 1903 1. the aggregate of genetically identical cells or organisms asexually produced by a single progenitor cell or organism, an individual grown from a single somatic cell or cell nucleus and genetically identical to it, a group of replicas of all or part of a macromolecule and especially DNA , one that appears to be a copy of an original form ; duplicate , clonal adjective clonally adverb II. verb (~d; cloning) Date: circa 1948 transitive verb to propagate a ~ from, to make a copy of, intransitive verb to produce a ~, ~r noun