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amphitriploid

amphitriploid adjective: having a triploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents.

Adjective

amphitriploid (not comparable)

  1. Having a triploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents

Noun

amphitriploid (plural amphitriploids)

  1. Such an organism

Forms of amphitriploid

pluralamphitriploids

Origin of amphitriploid

From amphi- + triploid.

Questions about amphitriploid

What does amphitriploid mean?
Amphitriploid means having a triploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents.
What part of speech is amphitriploid?
Amphitriploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near amphitriploid in the dictionary

  1. amphitheriids
  2. amphitretid
  3. amphitretids
  4. amphitrichate
  5. amphitrichous
  6. amphitriploid
  7. amphitriploids
  8. amphitrite
  9. Amphitrite Group
  10. amphitrites
  11. amphitropal

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