Definition of cultivar in English:
cultivar
noun
BotanyA plant variety that has been produced in cultivation by selective breeding. Cultivars are usually designated in the style Taxus baccata ‘Variegata’.
See also variety (sense 2)‘Plants from winter-type cultivars were first vernalized and then kept in the greenhouse.’- ‘At present most transgenic plants are crop varieties or cultivars and the changes they received have been very simple.’
- ‘Plants of a given cultivar are generally closely spaced in groups.’
- ‘These are in agreement with previous field research on dry matter partitioning in plants with different rice cultivars.’
- ‘Many cultivars have bicolored petals and a striking yellow center.’
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