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adj
Having multiple complete sets of chromosomes derived from different species
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Such an organism
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- English polyploid English allopolyploid From allo- + polyploid.
Across languages
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