diploid
Americanadjective
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double; twofold.
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Biology. having two similar complements of chromosomes.
noun
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Biology. an organism or cell having double the basic haploid number of chromosomes.
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Crystallography. a solid belonging to the isometric system and having 24 trapezoidal planes.
adjective
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biology (of cells or organisms) having pairs of homologous chromosomes so that twice the haploid number is present
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double or twofold
noun
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Etymology
Origin of diploid
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The team traced the source of resistance to a wild diploid banana known as Calcutta 4.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
The team discovered that Nepenthes has a decaploid genome in its diploid state, a complex structure almost unprecedented in flowering plants that reflects possession of five whole-genome multiples, or "subgenomes."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023
And diploid crops tend to have fewer genes associated with a single trait, which makes breeding them to emphasize that trait much simpler.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023
The cranberry is a diploid, which means that each cell contains one set of chromosomes from the maternal parent and one set from the paternal parent.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023
Similarly all the higher animals appear to us as independent organisms with diploid nuclei only.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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