cul·ti·var

(kŭl′tə-vär′, -vâr′)

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

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cultivar

(ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː)

(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]

cultivar

- An organism resulting from cultivation, from the combination of "cultivated variety."

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

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

Translations

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cultivar

[ˈkʌltɪvɑːʳ] N (Bot) → variedad f cultivada

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