tetraploid
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tet·ra·ploid (tĕt'rə-ploid') 
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adj.
Having four times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus: a tetraploid species.
n.
A tetraploid individual.
tetraploidy tet'ra·ploi'dy n.
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An organism whose cells contain four haploid (4n) sets of chromosomes or genomes.
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1. characterized by tetraploidy.
2. an individual or cell having four sets of chromosomes.
| Gardener's Dictionary: tetraploid |
A plant with twice the normal number of chromosomes. Tetraploids are characteristically larger and more vigorous than normal plants.
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