Associations to the word «Octoploid»

Wiktionary

OCTOPLOID, adjective. (genetics) having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
OCTOPLOID, noun. (biology) a cell that has eight complete sets of chromosomes
OCTOPLOID, noun. (biology) an organism whose cells have eight complete sets of chromosomes

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky