c 3 l 1 o 1 n 1 e 1
5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person who is almost identical to another
verb make multiple identical copies of
noun a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
originCoined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.
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