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Definition of Colony

1. Noun. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government. "The American colony in Paris"

2. Noun. A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.

3. Noun. One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States.

4. Noun. A place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated. "An artists' colony"

5. Noun. A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.

6. Noun. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.

Definition of Colony

1. n. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.

2. n. A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algæ. They may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.

Definition of Colony

1. Noun. A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their original place ¹

2. Noun. Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country. ¹

3. Noun. A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area ¹

4. Noun. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association. ¹

5. Noun. A collective noun for rabbits. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Colony

1. a group of emigrants living in a new land [n -NIES]

Medical Definition of Colony

1. A group of identical cells (clones) derived from a single parent cell. A clone of bacterial cells on a solid medium that is visible to the naked eye. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colony

colonogram colonography colonometer colonopathy colonorrhagia colonorrhoea colonoscope colonoscopes colonoscopic colonoscopies

colonoscopist colonoscopists colonoscopy colons colonus colony (current term) colony-forming unit colony-stimulating factor colony collapse disorder colony counter

colony counters colony hybridisation colonyhood coloop coloops colopathy colopexostomy colopexotomy colopexy

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