cultivar
[kuhl-tuh-vahr, -ver]
- a variety of plant that originated and persisted under cultivation.
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Origin of cultivar
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cultivar
- a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
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Word Origin for cultivar
C20: from culti (vated) + var (iety)
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Word Origin and History for cultivar
1923, from culti(vated) var(iety), coined by U.S. horticulturalist Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) in "Gentes Herbarum."
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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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