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What is the adjective for diplontic?

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diploid
  1. (cytology) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
  2. (cytology) Of an organism, having diploid cells.
  3. (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.
  4. Synonyms:
diplobiontic
  1. (botany) Describing a plant or fungus where both the haploid and diploid phases are represented by a multicellular phase.
  2. Examples:
    1. “All embryophytes are diplobiontic.”
diplohaplontic
  1. (biology) Describing a life cycle that has alternating haploid and diploid phases.
diplophasic
  1. Having (or being in) a diploid phase
diploidized
  1. (genetics) Modified by diploidization
diplontic
  1. Of or pertaining to a diplont.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Most are saprophytic similar to true fungi. v. Sexual life cycle is diplontic, fungi have haplontic cycle.”
      “If it is primarily haploid, it is said to have a haplontic cycle, and if it is primarily diploid, it is said to have a diplontic cycle.”
      “Members of the order Fucales have a true diplontic life history.”
diploidal
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