[clone] n [Gk klon twig, slip; akin to Gk klan to break--more at clast] (1903) 1 a: the aggregate of the asexually produced progeny of an individual; also: a group of replicas of all or part of a macromolecule (as DNA or an antibody) b: an individual grown from a single somatic cell of its parent and genetically identical to it
2: one that appears to be a copy of an original form "a ~ of a personal computer" -- clon.al adj -- clon.al.ly adv
[2]clone vb cloned ; clon.ing vt (ca. 1948) 1: to propagate a clone from
2: to make a copy of ~ vi: to produce a clone