cultivar

[kuhl-tuh-vahr, -ver] Origin

cul·ti·var

[kuhl-tuh-vahr, -ver]
noun
a variety of plant that originated and persisted under cultivation.

Origin:
1920–25; blend of cultivated and variety
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To cultivar

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Cultivar is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Collins
World English Dictionary
cultivar (ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː)
 
n
a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
 
[C20: from culti(vated) + var(iety)]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

cultivar
1923, from culti(vated) var(iety), coined by U.S. horticulturalist Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) in "Gentes Herbarum."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
cultivar   (kŭl'tə-vär', -vâr')  Pronunciation Key 
A variety of a plant that has been created or selected intentionally and maintained through cultivation.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT