clones

Meaning of clones

plural noun
  1. an organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical.
    vines representing all the 15 existing clones were planted
  2. (within gay culture) a gay man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance and style of dress.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone.
    of the hundreds of new plants cloned the best ones are selected

early 20th century: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.

Information about clones

Hyphenation of clones

clones

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • clones is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of clones

closen

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