pentaploidy

Variant of pentaploid

pentaploid definition

pen·ta·ploid (pen′tə plo̵id′)

adjective

Biol. having five times the haploid number of chromosomes

Etymology: penta- + -ploid

noun

a pentaploid cell or organism

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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