cultigen
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cul·ti·gen
(kŭl′tə-jən)n.
An organism, especially a cultivated plant, such as a banana, not known to have a wild or uncultivated counterpart.
[culti(vated) + -gen.]
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cultigen
(ˈkʌltɪdʒən)n
(Horticulture) a species of plant that is known only as a cultivated form and did not originate from a wild type
[C20: from culti(vated) + -gen]
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cul•ti•gen
(ˈkʌl tɪ dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn)n.
a cultivated plant of unknown or obscure taxonomic origin.
[1920–25; culti (vated) + -gen]
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