allopolyploid

noun

al·​lo·​poly·​ploid ˌa-lō-ˈpä-li-ˌplȯid 

plural allopolyploids

: an individual that is a hybrid of two different species and that possesses more than two sets of chromosomes

Allopolyploids include important crops such as wheat, cotton, and canola, and all have improved agricultural traits relative to their diploid progenitors. … The commercially important cottons are naturally formed allopolyploids … and they have superior fiber yield and quality relative to their ancestral species.

—Kenji Osabe et al.

called also amphiploid

compare autopolyploid

allopolyploid adjective

allopolyploid plants

allopolyploidy

ˌa-lō-ˈpä-li-ˌplȯi-dē 

noun

plural allopolyploidies

Word History

Etymology

allo- + polyploid

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

allopolyploid

noun

al·​lo·​poly·​ploid ˌal-ō-ˈpäl-i-ˌplȯid 

: an individual that is a hybrid of two different species and that possesses more than two sets of chromosomes

called also amphiploid

compare autopolyploid

allopolyploid adjective

allopolyploidy

-ˌplȯid-ē 

noun

plural allopolyploidies