Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation.

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  • noun A cultivated variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[culti(vated) + var(iety).]

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Blend of cultivated and variety.

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