cultivar

American  

[kuhl-tuh-vahr, -ver] / ˈkʌl təˌvɑr, -vər /

noun

1. a variety of plant that originated and persisted under cultivation.

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cultivar British  

/ ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː /

noun

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

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cultivar Scientific  

/ kŭl′tə-vär′,-vâr′ /

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

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Etymology

Origin of cultivar

1920–25; blend of cultivated and variety

Example Sentences

Researchers studied a cultivar of sugarcane known as R570 that has been used for decades around the world as the model to understand sugarcane genetics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

A “pink-champagne” cultivar adorns the National Portrait Gallery this year.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

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

A clone may be selected from a species population, from a botanical variety, from a cultivar, or from anyone of several types of hybrid complexes.

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