triploid

[ trip-loid ]

adjective

1. having a chromosome number that is three times the basic or haploid number.

noun

1. a triploid cell or organism.

triploid

/ ˈtrɪplɔɪd /

adjective

1. having or relating to three times the haploid number of chromosomes

   a triploid organism

noun

1. a triploid organism

Other Words From

• triploi·dy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of triploid¹

First recorded in 1910–15; tri- + -ploid

Word History and Origins

Origin of triploid¹

C19: from Greek tripl ( oos ) triple + ( hapl ) oid

Example Sentences

Salmon can be sterilized by making them triploid, typically by pressurizing newly fertilized embryos in a steel tank when the chromosomes are replicating.

From Science Magazine

Of escapees, just 0.2% would be fertile, he said, adding that the triploid fish would be less able to survive in the natural environment because of their captive upbringing.

From Seattle Times

It was first bred in Derbyshire in England in the 1840s and it's what's known as a triploid, which means its sterile.

From BBC

Such work is common in the plant world, Supan noted — seedless watermelons are triploid.

From Seattle Times

This information is helpful to the biologists that manage the annual releases of triploid rainbow into Rufus Woods.

From Seattle Times