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hexaploid
[
hek
-s
uh
-ploid]
Biology
Word Origin
adjective
having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
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noun
a hexaploid cell or organism.
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polyploid
.
Origin of
hexaploid
First recorded in
1915–20;
hexa-
+
-ploid
Related forms
hex·a·ploi·dy
,
noun
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