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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
octoploid en · ADJ
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Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ
Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor.
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Italic *oktō
Latin octōbor.
English octo-
English -ploid
English octoploid
From octo- + -ploid.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
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octoploid en · NOUN
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Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ
Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor.
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Italic *oktō
Latin octōbor.
English octo-
English -ploid
English octoploid
From octo- + -ploid.
Meanings
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a cell that has eight complete sets of chromosomes
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an organism whose cells have eight complete sets of chromosomes
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Deriveds
allooctoploid · octoploidy · octoploidization