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polyploid

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Adjective

of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
- a polyploid cell
- a polyploid species

Noun

(genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes

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Antonyms:
haploid haploidic monoploid diploid

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