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cultigen

UK/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/

cultigen noun: a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.

Noun

cultigen (plural cultigens)

  1. A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
    Synonyms:
    anthropogenic plant
    Antonyms:
    indigen

Synonyms of cultigen

  • anthropogenic plant

Antonyms

Forms of cultigen

pluralcultigens

Origin of cultigen

From culti(vated) + -gen, or from Latin cultus (“cultivated”) + gēns (“kind”). Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

Words formed from cultigen

  • cultigenous

Questions about cultigen

What does cultigen mean?
Cultigen means a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
What part of speech is cultigen?
Cultigen is a noun.
How do you pronounce cultigen?
Cultigen is pronounced /ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/ (UK).
What is the plural of cultigen?
The plural of cultigen is cultigens.

Words near cultigen in the dictionary

  1. cultheads
  2. cultic
  3. cultically
  4. cultiform
  5. cultiforms
  6. cultigen
  7. cultigenic
  8. cultigens
  9. cultigroup
  10. cultigroups
  11. cultimulch

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