clonotype

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noun

A herbarium specimen made from plants vegetatively propagated from (and thus clones of) the same plant from which a type specimen was made

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Meanings

nounclonotype (plural clonotypes)

plural clonotypes

  1. biologyA herbarium specimen made from plants vegetatively propagated from (and thus clones of) the same plant from which a type specimen was made
  2. biologyThe phenotype of a clone of a cell
verbclonotype (third-person singular simple present clonotypes, present participle clonotyping, simple past and past participle clonotyped)

present singular third person clonotypes · participle present clonotyping · participle past clonotyped · past clonotyped

  1. biologyTo classify such phenotypes

Origin

From clono- + -type.

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APA

clonotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonotype

MLA

“clonotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonotype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clonotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonotype.

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