autotetraploid adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosomeIn this study, post-germination growth, which occurs entirely by cell elongation, was examined in diploid and autotetraploid hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) — 2015 noun1 •Such a cell or organism formsautotetraploids