Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A physiologically distinct organism that is part of a group of genetically identical individuals derived from one progenitor, as a tree in a group of trees that have all sprouted from a single parent plant.
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- noun botany A
clone (individual member of agenet )
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Each of the trees in an Aspen grove that forms clonally is a ramet, and collectively they form a single genet.
The Biological Notion of Individual Wilson, Robert A. 2007
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However, EFNs may provide a diffuse form of indirect defense that extends to all the leaves by attracting predators of herbivores onto the aspen ramet in general.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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He said TSH Biotech had been working closely with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) for the past five years to produce the new oil palm ramets and the company was now the biggest ramet producer in Sabah and Sarawak.
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However, EFNs may provide a diffuse form of indirect defense that extends to all the leaves by attracting predators of herbivores onto the aspen ramet in general.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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However, EFNs may provide a diffuse form of indirect defense that extends to all the leaves by attracting predators of herbivores onto the aspen ramet in general.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
hernesheir commented on the word ramet
See the first comment for ortet.
March 2, 2011