autopolyploid

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adjective

Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling

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Meanings

adjectiveautopolyploid (comparative more autopolyploid, superlative most autopolyploid)

comparative more autopolyploid · superlative most autopolyploid

  1. biologyHaving more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling
nounautopolyploid (plural autopolyploids)

plural autopolyploids

  1. Any organism of this kind.

Origin

From auto- + polyploid.

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Translations

Italian autopoliploide
  • autopoliploidehaving more than two sets of chromosomes
Cite this entry
APA

autopolyploid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopolyploid

MLA

“autopolyploid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopolyploid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autopolyploid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopolyploid.

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