cultivar
Americannoun
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cultivars
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cultivar
1920–25; blend of cultivated and variety
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They also found that the Typica variety, an early Dutch cultivar originating from either India or Sri Lanka, is likely the parent of the Bourbon variety, principally cultivated by the French.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Look for the cultivar ‘Lilac Wonder’, sometimes sold as T. bakeri, for lilac flowers and slightly longer stems.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
Measuring the psychotropic and other properties of a particular cultivar takes expensive DNA tests, DeAngelo explains.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 23, 2023
Amsonia Blue Behemoth, a new cultivar of another mainstay native, reaches a portly 4 feet tall and is dappled with plentiful clusters of baby blue spring blossoms.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
Any cultivar which is the progeny of a species cross, however remote, comes, for the purpose of the Code, under the heading of a hybrid and its naming is subject to definite rules.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Hartman said his family took a “massive gamble” and picked out 16 of the best cultivars that they thought would grow well, planting them in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
The orchard’s 16 heirloom varieties, older cultivars passed down by generations of farmers, are fenced to keep out the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
"Climate change makes it easier for sure, but the main driver is the new cultivars."
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
"This new knowledge is a prerequisite for the selection or breeding of cacao cultivars accumulating less cadmium, and support a safe cacao production in South America," says Sarret.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
As many as five thousand cultivars may exist in Mesoamerica.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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