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cultivar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: variety, vascular plant, tracheophyte

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسْتَنْبَت (mustanbat) — cultivated variety
  • Catalan: cultivar — cultivated variety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 栽培品種 /栽培品种 (zāipéi pǐnzhǒng) — cultivated variety
  • Finnish: lajike — cultivated variety
  • French: cultivar — cultivated variety
  • German: Cultivar — cultivated variety
  • German: Kultivar — cultivated variety
  • German: Kulturvarietät — cultivated variety
  • German: Sorte — cultivated variety
  • Indonesian: kultivar — cultivated variety
  • Irish: saothróg — cultivated variety
  • Japanese: 栽培品種 (saibai hinshu) — cultivated variety
  • Japanese: 園芸品種 (engei hinshu) — cultivated variety
  • Korean: 재배종 (jaebaejong) — cultivated variety
  • Korean: 원예품종 (wonyepumjong) — cultivated variety
  • Latin: cultivarietās — cultivated variety
  • Polish: kultywar — cultivated variety
  • Portuguese: cultivar — cultivated variety
  • Russian: сорт (sort) — cultivated variety
  • Russian: культива́р (kulʹtivár) — cultivated variety
  • Spanish: cultivar — cultivated variety
  • Spanish: variedad cultivada — cultivated variety
  • Swedish: sort — cultivated variety
  • Swedish: kultivar — cultivated variety
  • Swedish: kultursort — cultivated variety
  • Swedish: namnsort — cultivated variety
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