Clade Definition
klād
clades
noun
A group of living organisms that includes all the descendants sharing specific genetic traits of a common ancestor.
Webster's New World
(genetics) A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Clade
Noun
Singular:
cladePlural:
cladesOrigin of Clade
From Ancient Greek κλάδος (klados, “shoot, branch”); coined 1957 by biologist Julian Huxley.
From Wiktionary
From Greek klados branch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition