cultivar
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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.
[culti(vated) + var(iety).]
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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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Noun | 1. | 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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