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polyploid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun polyploid has 1 sense
- polyploid(n = noun.animal) Array - (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes; Array is a kind of being, organism
Derived form adjective polyploid1
Adjective polyploid has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
polyploid, n. & adj. Biol.
--n. a nucleus or organism that contains more than two sets of chromosomes.
--adj. of or being a polyploid.
--n. a nucleus or organism that contains more than two sets of chromosomes.
--adj. of or being a polyploid.
Derivative
polyploidy n.
Etymology
G (as POLY-(1), -PLOID)
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