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octoploid

octoploid adjective: having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.

Adjective

octoploid (not comparable)

  1. having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell

Noun

octoploid (plural octoploids)

  1. a cell that has eight complete sets of chromosomes
  2. an organism whose cells have eight complete sets of chromosomes

Forms of octoploid

Adjective
alternative formoctaploid
Noun
pluraloctoploids

Origin of octoploid

From octo- + -ploid.

Words formed from octoploid

Questions about octoploid

What does octoploid mean?
Octoploid means having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
What part of speech is octoploid?
Octoploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near octoploid in the dictionary

  1. octopic
  2. octopii
  3. octopine
  4. octopines
  5. octoplex
  6. octoploid
  7. octoploidization
  8. octoploidizations
  9. octoploids
  10. octoploidy
  11. octopod

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