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haplobiont (s) (noun), haplobionts (pl)
1. A plant which flowers once per season.
2. An organism that does not exhibit a regular alternation of haploid and diploid generations during its life cycle.

A haploid is an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number; while a diploid is an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number.

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