octoploid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
noun
  1. a cell that has eight complete sets of chromosomes
  2. an organism whose cells have eight complete sets of chromosomes

Word forms

octoploid octaploid octoploids

Etymology

From octo- + -ploid.

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