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cul·ti·var

 (kŭl′tə-vär′, -vâr′)
n.
A race or variety of a plant that has been created or selected intentionally and maintained through cultivation.

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cultivar

(ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː)
n
(Horticulture) a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
[C20: from culti(vated) + var(iety)]
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cul•ti•var

(ˈkʌl təˌvɑr, -vər)

n.
a variety of plant originating and persisting under cultivation.
[1920–25; b. cultivated and variety]
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cultivar

- An organism resulting from cultivation, from the combination of "cultivated variety."
See also related terms for organism.
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cultivar

(“cultivated variety”) A cultivated plant that has one or more distinctive characteristics which make it different from other plants, characteristics which are preserved when the plant is propagated.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cultivar - a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
variety - (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany"
tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
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Translations

cultivar

[ˈkʌltɪvɑːʳ] N (Bot) → variedad f cultivada
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The wheat cultivar Mingxian 169, is a susceptible variety to all of the stripe rust pathotypes identified in China so far and was used as a susceptible control.
This reflection is also seen in the evolution of Vitis vinifera and resistant cultivar acreage since 1970.
Fifty grams from each replicate for each lentil cultivar were randomly and separately taken.
Salt tolerance was studied in eight upland cotton cultivars (CIM-446, CIM-473, CIM-496, CIM-499, CIM-506, CIM-554, CIM-707 and SLH-284) under control and four NaCl salinity concentrations (50, 100, 150 and 200 mM).
The cultivar BRS Monarca showed higher shoot and root dry matter production when cultivated in the presence and absence of [Al.sup.3+] (Table 1).
(the 'Company') announced today that it has entered into an acquisition agreement with Cultivar Holdings Ltd.
Statistical analysis: A two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to examine the effect of cultivar and irrigation treatment on the measured parameters.
There was an effect of planting time and cultivar for S at 15 DAE, with Agata presenting a higher, BRS F63 Camila a lower, and BRS Clara an intermediate content (Figure 1g).
With results, the acceptability index (AI) for each cultivar was calculated from the equation:
The cultivar Round Brinjal 86602 had the maximum number of hairs on leaf midrib (72.25/cm) followed by Brinjal Long 6275 (44.75/cm) showing significant difference, while the minimum number of hairs on leaf midrib was recorded on Short Purple (23.00/cm) followed by Singhnath 666 and Round White Brinjal with hair densities of 27.57/cm and 29.32/cm respectively and were statistically similar with each other's as shown in Table III.
At 30 DAE, cultivar TEC6029 presented a higher LA compared to the BMX 7166 and TEC 5718 cultivars, accumulating 20% and 26% more LA, respectively (Table 2).
Regarding sugarcane, a significant variation in phenolic content in shoots (F = 158.37; df = 1; P = 0.0000) and roots (F = 40.28; df = 1; P = 0.0000) was found between cultivars with and without inducers, with higher levels in cultivar RB 83-5486 (Fig.