Definition of polyploids

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • polyploids is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 18
  • polyploids is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 18
  • polyploids is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 21

Definition of polyploids


  • (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes (noun)
  • of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a polyploid cell
    2. a polyploid species

See definition of polyploids in Merriam Webster