polyploidy C2 Topic:Science & Research US /ˈpɑliˌplɔɪdi/ UK /ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the condition or process of having more than two complete sets of chromosomes in a cell or organism Polyploidy is common in flowering plants and has helped produce many crop varieties. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites haploidydiploidy Word family Derived forms allopolyploidyautopolyploidyendopolyploidypaleopolyploidy Related forms polyploidploidychromosome Etymology From polyploid + -y, modeled on German Polyploidie. Polyploid combines poly- ("many") with ploid, a term for chromosome-set number derived from Greek -ploos ("-fold"). Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # polyploidy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɑliˌplɔɪdi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɒlɪplɔɪdi/ ## Meanings 1. the condition or process of having more than two complete sets of chromosomes in a cell or organism ## Examples - Polyploidy is common in flowering plants and has helped produce many crop varieties. ## Antonyms - haploidy - diploidy ## Derived Forms - allopolyploidy - autopolyploidy - endopolyploidy - paleopolyploidy ## Related Forms - polyploid - ploidy - chromosome ## Etymology From polyploid + -y, modeled on German Polyploidie. Polyploid combines poly- ("many") with ploid, a term for chromosome-set number derived from Greek -ploos ("-fold"). ## Topics - Science & Research markdown