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palaeopolyploid

palaeopolyploid adjective: describing any polyploid organism alive in the geologic past.

Adjective

palaeopolyploid (not comparable)

  1. Describing any polyploid organism alive in the geologic past

Origin of palaeopolyploid

From palaeo- + polyploid.

Questions about palaeopolyploid

What does palaeopolyploid mean?
Palaeopolyploid means describing any polyploid organism alive in the geologic past.
What part of speech is palaeopolyploid?
Palaeopolyploid is an adjective.

Words near palaeopolyploid in the dictionary

  1. palaeophytologist
  2. palaeophytologists
  3. palaeophytology
  4. palaeoplain
  5. palaeoplains
  6. palaeopolyploid
  7. palaeopolyploidization
  8. palaeopolyploidizations
  9. palaeoposition
  10. palaeopositions
  11. palaeoprecipitation

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