cryptopolyploid etymology

English word cryptopolyploid comes from English polyploid, English crypto- (Cryptographic.. Hidden, invisible.. Secret.)

Detailed word origin of cryptopolyploid

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
polyploid English (eng) (genetics) Having more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell. (biology) A cell that has more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes.. (biology) An organism whose cells have more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes.
crypto- English (eng) Cryptographic.. Hidden, invisible.. Secret.
cryptopolyploid English (eng) (genetics) polyploid while appearing to be diploid.

Words with the same origin as cryptopolyploid

Descendants of crypto-
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