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pentaploid

American

[pen-tuh-ploid] / ˈpɛn təˌplɔɪd /

adjective

having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.

noun

a pentaploid cell or organism.

Other Word Forms

pentaploidy

noun

Etymology

Origin of pentaploid

First recorded in 1920–25; penta- + -ploid

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