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cultivar

[ kuhl-tuh-vahr, -ver ]

noun

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


cultivar

/ ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː /

noun

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


cultivar

/ kŭltə-vär′,-vâr′ /

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cultivar1

1920–25; blend of cultivated and variety

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cultivar1

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

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Example Sentences

As suspected, the researchers found small amounts of several fragrant sulfur compounds lurking in the olfactory profiles of the smelliest cultivars.

Yet many questions remain when it comes to how exactly crops are responding across cultivars and varying landscapes.

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Recently, Volkov set out to study how plasma would affect 20 seeds of dragon’s-tongue, a cultivar of the bush bean Phaseolus vulgaris.

There is even a specific cultivar named for the area named Fallbrook Red because of the color of its pistils.

Hop 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.

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