HEXAPLOID


Meaning of HEXAPLOID in English

— hexaploidy , n.

/hek"seuh ployd'/ , Biol.

adj.

1. having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.

n.

2. a hexaploid cell or organism. Cf. polyploid .

[ 1915-20; HEXA- + -PLOID ]

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