polyploidic

[pol-ee-ploid]

pol·y·ploid

[pol-ee-ploid] Biology
adjective
1.
having a chromosome number that is more than double the basic or haploid number.
noun
2.
a polyploid cell or organism.

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Origin:
1915–20; poly- + -ploid

pol·y·ploi·dic, adjective
pol·y·ploi·dy, noun
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polyploid (ˈpɒlɪˌplɔɪd)
 
adj
1.  (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than twice the basic (haploid) number of chromosomes
 
n
2.  an individual or cell of this type
 
poly'ploidal
 
adj
 
poly'ploidic
 
adj
 
'polyploidy
 
n

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