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cultivar

/ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/

cultivar noun: a cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.

Noun

cultivar (plural cultivars)

  1. A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.

cultivar meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

cultivar in Arabic

cultivated variety
مُسْتَنْبَت mustanbat

cultivar in Indonesian

cultivated variety
kultivar

Examples of cultivar in a sentence

  • The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing.
  • The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.
  • Erect and semi-erect blackberry cultivars produce fruit with relatively large pyrenes compared to those of trailing blackberries.

All 26 example sentences with cultivar

Forms of cultivar

pluralcultivars

Plural of cultivar: cultivars

Origin of cultivar

Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.

Words formed from cultivar

Questions about cultivar

What does cultivar mean?
Cultivar means a cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
What is cultivar in Arabic?
Cultivar in Arabic is مُسْتَنْبَت (mustanbat). See Cultivar meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is cultivar?
Cultivar is a noun.
How do you pronounce cultivar?
Cultivar is pronounced /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/.
What is the plural of cultivar?
The plural of cultivar is cultivars.

Words near cultivar in the dictionary

  1. cultist
  2. cultists
  3. cultivability
  4. cultivable
  5. cultivage
  6. cultivar
  7. cultivars
  8. cultivatability
  9. cultivatable
  10. cultivate
  11. cultivated

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