Diploid

diploid
Having two sets of chromosomes.
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A plant that has a normal number of chromosomes, one from the male and one from the female parent.
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Diploid- An organism which has two sets of chromosomes in its cells, paternal and maternal.

Diploid Having two set of chromosomes.
Direct seeding Germination of seed in their final spot as opposed to in a nursery.

Diploid and tetraploid are words used to describe the numbers of chromosomes present in your daylily. Diploids have two sets of chromosomes, and tetraploids have four. Initially, way back when, all daylilies come from diploid parentage.

Diploid
A plant with the normal amount of chromosomes.
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New miniature diploid daylilies from Klehm Nursery of Champaign include golden-orange 'Little Carrot Top' (shown), soft salmon 'Little Masterpeach' and rosy 'Little Cheerio Red.

Zygote - A diploid fertilized egg resultant from the joining of a haploid sperm and a haploid egg.
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The sporophytes are diploid plants responsible for the production of spores, and thus the generation of new gametophytes.

Females possess two sets of chromosomes, one from the egg and one from the sperm, and are diploid. Males possess one set of chromosomes from the egg only, and are haploid.

Basically, when you cross a male diploid watermelon, meaning one that has 22 chromosomes, with a female tetraploid, meaning one that's been treated to double its chromosome count to 44, the resulting offspring will be a triploid with 33 chromosomes.

alternation of generations -- Life cycle in which haploid and diploid generations alternate with each other.
anemophily -- Seed plants which are pollinated by wind are said to be anemophilous.

diploid search for term- a. (Gr. diploos, double; eidos, form) having twice the number of chromosomes normally occurring in a germ cell.

Many blossoms are bi- or tri-colored. Many modern daylilies are called "tetraploids." They have twice as many chromosomes as the normal "diploid" varieties. These sturdy varieties generally have larger leaves, stalks, and flowers.

See also: Plant, Genera, Chromosome, Flower, Produce