n.
Pronunciation: ˌ o ̇ -t ō - ' pä-l ē - ˌ plo ̇ id
Function: noun
Date: 1930
: an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species
– autopolyploid adjective
– au · to · poly · ploi · dy \ - ˌ plo ̇ i-d ē \ noun