What is "polyploids"

Usage examples of "polyploids".

Diploid plants, with ten chromosomes, would be succeeded by polyploids with twenty or thirty or even forty chromosomes.

Hybridizers had used the phenomenon for years to develop fancy garden plants, because polyploids were usually larger-larger leaves, flowers, fruits, cell sizes-and they often had a wider range than their parents.

Hybridizers had used the phenomenon for years to develop fancy garden plants, because polyploids were usually larger—larger leaves, flowers, fruits, cell sizes—and they often had a wider range than their parents.