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Word: Octoploid
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
1920s; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From octo- + -ploid
Definition:
Containing eight homologous sets of chromosomes (i.e. four times the diploid complement); made up of somatic cells of this kind.
Variant Forms:
- octaploid
Word: Octoploid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From octo- + -ploid
Definition:
An octoploid individual, type, or species.
Variant Forms:
- octaploid
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