Cultivar

//ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
  2. 2
    a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation wordnet

Example

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"Most carrots were once purple until the Dutch created an orange cultivar to honor the Prince of Orange."

Etymology

Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.

Related phrases

cultivar group

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