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Definition of: triploid
(trip′loid) adjective
1. Trebled.
2. Genetics Noting the occurrence in certain cells of three times the basic number of chromosomes.
—noun A triploid cell or organism. [<NL triploides <Gk. triploos threefold + eidos form]
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