octoploid

Meanings

Adjective

  • having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell

Noun

  • a cell that has eight complete sets of chromosomes
  • an organism whose cells have eight complete sets of chromosomes

Origin

  • octo- + -ploid

Modern English dictionary

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