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amphiploid

[ am-fuh-ploid ]
/ ˈæm fəˌplɔɪd /
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noun
a hybrid organism having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parental species.
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Origin of amphiploid

First recorded in 1940–45; amphi- + -ploid
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