cultivar
a variety of plant that originated and persisted under cultivation.
Origin of cultivar
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How to use cultivar in a sentence
As suspected, the researchers found small amounts of several fragrant sulfur compounds lurking in the olfactory profiles of the smelliest cultivars.
Here’s the chemistry behind marijuana’s skunky scent | Ariana Remmel | November 30, 2021 | Science NewsYet many questions remain when it comes to how exactly crops are responding across cultivars and varying landscapes.
Recently, Volkov set out to study how plasma would affect 20 seeds of dragon’s-tongue, a cultivar of the bush bean Phaseolus vulgaris.
Cold plasma could transform the sustainable farms of the future | Stephen Ornes | September 8, 2021 | Science NewsThere is even a specific cultivar named for the area named Fallbrook Red because of the color of its pistils.
Environment Report: Would-Be Cannabis Farmers Face Big Challenges | Jackie Bryant | July 19, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoHop plant cultivars grown in Washington’s Yakima Valley produce higher levels of hexyl glucoside than the same cultivars grown in Idaho’s Kootenay River valley.
How does a crop’s environment shape a food’s smell and taste? | Carolyn Beans | September 10, 2020 | Science News
British Dictionary definitions for cultivar
/ (ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː) /
a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
Origin of cultivar
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for 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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