Polyploid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having one or more extra sets of chromosomes: a polyploid species; a polyploid cell.
  • n. An organism with more than two sets of chromosomes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. having more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
  • n. a cell or organism that has more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
  • adj. of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
  • Equivalent
    triploid   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    being    organism   
    Cross Reference
    octoploid    tetraploid