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clone

A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

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Born ~1903 · 1 year of recorded use
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#1·Apr 26, 2026

A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

This new species is a clone of the mimosa plant.
Origin: Coined (in botany) in 1903, based on . Figurative use from the 1970s. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.

The computer manufacturer produced IBM PC clones in the 1990s.
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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.

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  • “Ad: For Sale - LEGO Star Wars: Clone Trooper Command Station (40558) - New - Sealed #LEGO #StarWars #CloneTrooper”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “this is the WORST time to start getting brainworms for an animatic - I need to be able to clone myself 💢”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I finished making my arcade clone and published it to itchio! I hope people have fun with it in class. I wanted to have the game say "you won!" after destroying all of the blocks but couldn't figure out how to. Otherwise I'm happy with what I've made! #smallgamestudio”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Well, he tried in episode of Clone Wars. He ended up getting kidnapped and tortured the whole time while R2 got pampered instead. It was.....a bad episode.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"Okay now we're gonna make a Part B for our track" The Virgin carefully building something similar but new for each track vs The Chad clone tracks, flip horizontal and vertical, transpose 1 octave down, write a skeet about it while he continues working in the bg”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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