A clone is a cannabis plant that is an exact genetic copy of its mother plant. It is a young female cannabis plant with stable genetics. Typically, growers elect to raise clones purchased from reputable breeders because they pose less risk of getting a plant with poor characteristics.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
clone (noun)1.
a) the aggregate of genetically identical cells or organisms asexually produced by a single progenitor cell or organism
b) an individual grown from a single somatic cell or cell nucleus and genetically identical to it
c) a group of replicas of all or part of a macromolecule and especially DNA - clones of identical recombinant DNA sequences
2.
one that appears to be a copy of an original form - duplicate a clone of a personal computer
transitive verb
1.
to propagate a clone from
2.
intransitive verb
to make a copy of to produce a clone
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
clone (noun)1.
something that is made to look exactly like something else
SYNONYMS:
carbon, carbon copy, clone, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, mock, reduplication, replica, replication, reproductionRELATED WORDS:
counterfeit, fake, forgery, knockoff, phony ( phoney), rip-off, rubber stamp, sham; miniature, mock-up, simulation; reconstruction, re-creation; image, likeness, semblance, shadow; impression, imprint, print; approximation, reincarnation, version; extra, reserve, spare2.
something or someone that strongly resembles another
SYNONYMS:
alter ego, carbon, carbon copy, clone, counterpart, doppelgänger ( doppelganger), double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fetch, likeness, look-alike, match, mirror image, picture, replica, ringer, spit, spitting image, twinRELATED WORDS:
Chinese copy; effigy, portrait, portrayal; companion, fellow, mate; equal, equivalent; analogue ( analog), parallelNEAR ANTONYMS:
antithesis, converse, opposite, reverseto make an exact likeness of
SYNONYMS:
clone, copycat, duplicate, imitate, reduplicate, render, replicate, reproduceRELATED WORDS:
counterfeit, fake, forge, knock off, rip off; mimic, simulate; reconstruct, re-createNEAR ANTONYMS:
create, imagine, initiate, inventClone (Wikipedia)
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Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to:
Clone (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”). Figurative use from the 1970s.
Pronunciation
- enPR: klōn
- (General American) IPA(key): /kloʊn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kləʊn/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Noun
clone (plural clones)
- A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- (cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single
Clipping, Trimming, Reproduction, Imitation, Copy, Clone, Spinoff, Shoot, Sprout
