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 plantspecies orhybrid 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
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Examples
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This particular cultivar is ‘Oranges and Lemons,’ my favorites.
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This particular cultivar is ‘Oranges and Lemons,’ my favorites.
Gaillardia: My favorite yellow in the garden « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
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Liriope Big Blue’This lilyturf cultivar is a tufted, grass-like perennial which typically grows 12-18″ high (sometimes to 2′) and features a clump of strap-like, arching, glossy, dark green leaves (1″ wide).
Don’t Monkey Around: It’s time to trim your Monkey Grass « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
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A cultivar is a cultivated variety that has desirable attributes that are distinct from other cultivars.
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A cultivar is a cultivated variety that has desirable attributes that are distinct from other cultivars.
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A cultivar is a cultivated variety that has desirable attributes that are distinct from other cultivars.
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One of the best varieties of this species, known as the cultivar
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Plants of this group, that may be grown from seed and which do show a limited variability, are distinguished from botanical varieties by placing them in a new category called cultivar (a name coined long ago by L.H. Bailey and meaning, a variety from cultivation).
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Any cultivar which is the progeny of a species cross, however remote, comes, for the purpose of the Code, under the heading of
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Personally, however, I hope and believe that eventually "cultivar" will find favour.
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