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cultivar

[kuhl-tuh-vahr, -ver]

noun

a variety of plant that originated and persisted under cultivation.

Origin of cultivar

1920–25; blend of cultivated and variety

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British Dictionary definitions for cultivar

cultivar

noun

a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation

Word Origin for cultivar

C20: from culti (vated) + var (iety)

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Word Origin and History for cultivar

n.

1923, from culti(vated) var(iety), coined by U.S. horticulturalist Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) in "Gentes Herbarum."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

cultivar in Science

cultivar

[kŭl′tə-vär′, -vâr′]

A variety of a plant that has been created or selected intentionally and maintained through cultivation.

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