Pronunciation: ˌ o ̇ -t ō - ' te-tr ə - ˌ plo ̇ id
Function: noun
Date: 1930
: an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement
– autotetraploid adjective
– au · to · tet · ra · ploi · dy \ - ˌ plo ̇ i-d ē \ noun