PENTAPLOID


Meaning of PENTAPLOID in English

— pentaploidy , n.

/pen"teuh ployd'/ , adj.

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

n.

2. a pentaploid cell or organism.

[ 1920-25; PENTA- + -PLOID ]

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