Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paleoploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-le-o-ploid
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the ploidy that the organism had in the distant past

Example Sentences

"Furthermore, DArT has been applied successfully to species with large genomes such as barley [2 ] and with complex or/and polyploid genomes such as the decaploid sugarcane [3 ], hexaploid wheat and oat [4 ,5 ] or the paleoploid apple [6 ]."

Etymology

From paleo- + -ploid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: paleo
Suffix: ploid

Questions

What does paleoploid mean?: Having the ploidy that the organism had in the distant past
Where does paleoploid come from?: From paleo- + -ploid.

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