cultivar
Meanings
noun
- A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
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Etymology
Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.
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