somaclone

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noun

A plant produced from another by tissue culture

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounsomaclone (plural somaclones)

plural somaclones

  1. A plant produced from another by tissue culture

Origin

From soma (“the body excluding its germ cells”) + clone.

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APA

somaclone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somaclone

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“somaclone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somaclone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somaclone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somaclone.

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