cul·ti·var (k l t -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).] |
cultivar [ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
[from culti(vated) + var(iety)]
| cultivar (klt-vär, -vâr) A variety of a plant that has been created or selected intentionally and maintained through cultivation. |
cultivar - An organism resulting from cultivation, from the combination of "cultivated variety."
See also related terms for organism.
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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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