octoploid
English
Alternative forms
- octaploid
Etymology
octo- + -ploid
Adjective
octoploid (not comparable)
- (genetics) having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
Noun
octoploid (plural octoploids)
- (biology) a cell that has eight complete sets of chromosomes
- (biology) an organism whose cells have eight complete sets of chromosomes
Derived terms
- allooctoploid
- octoploidy