amphiploid🔊adjEtymology From amphi- + -ploid.1Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
amphiploid🔊nounEtymology From amphi- + -ploid.1Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.Related termsamphiploidy