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Over the years, the word "Clone" has been thrown around. Doom clone, Illegal clone, Clone wars etc.
Who came up with the word? What incident prompted it's addition to the Dictionary and the english vocabulary? Are there clones somewhere in the world running amok? Did the originator accidentally clone a killer hotdog and trap it under the Atlantic ocean? We need details man!
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In 1903, plant physiologist Herbert J. Webber coined the term "clone," from the Greek klon (Uncertain origin, probably related to κλάδος [kládos, “branch, twig”] and κλαστός [klastós, “broken off”], as in clastic.), to refer to the technique of propagating new plants using cuttings, bulbs or buds. Science historian Howard Markel discusses how the term later came to refer to a bevy of genetic manipulations in the scientific article ''Science Diction: The Origin Of The Word 'Clone'".
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