haplont

American

[hap-lont] / ˈhæp lɒnt /

noun

Biology.

the haploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.

haplont British

/ ˈhæplɒnt /

noun

biology an organism, esp a plant, that has the haploid number of chromosomes in its somatic cells

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Other Word Forms

haplontic adjective

Etymology

Origin of haplont

1915–20; hapl- ( def. ) + -ont ( def. ) ( onto- )

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