cultivar

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/ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/

noun

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

Less commonFirst used 1923Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nouncultivar (plural cultivars)

plural cultivars

  1. A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.First known use 1923

Origin

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

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Translations

Arabic مُسْتَنْبَت
  • مُسْتَنْبَت (mustanbat)cultivated variety
Catalan cultivar
  • cultivarcultivated variety
Chinese Mandarin 栽培品種 /栽培品种
  • 栽培品種 /栽培品种 (zāipéi pǐnzhǒng)cultivated variety
Finnish lajike
  • lajikecultivated variety
French cultivar
  • cultivarcultivated variety
German Cultivar, Kultivar
  • Cultivarcultivated variety
  • Kultivarcultivated variety
  • Kulturvarietätcultivated variety
  • Sortecultivated variety
Indonesian kultivar
  • kultivarcultivated variety
Irish saothróg
  • saothrógcultivated variety
Japanese 栽培品種, 園芸品種
  • 栽培品種 (saibai hinshu)cultivated variety
  • 園芸品種 (engei hinshu)cultivated variety
Korean 재배종, 원예품종
  • 재배종 (jaebaejong)cultivated variety
  • 원예품종 (wonyepumjong)cultivated variety
Latin cultivarietās
  • cultivarietāscultivated variety
Polish kultywar
  • kultywarcultivated variety
Portuguese cultivar
  • cultivarcultivated variety
Russian сорт, культива́р
  • сорт (sort)cultivated variety
  • культива́р (kulʹtivár)cultivated variety
Spanish cultivar, variedad cultivada
  • cultivarcultivated variety
  • variedad cultivadacultivated variety
Swedish sort, kultivar
  • sortcultivated variety
  • kultivarcultivated variety
  • kultursortcultivated variety
  • namnsortcultivated variety

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

curvital
Cite this entry
APA

cultivar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivar

MLA

“cultivar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cultivar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivar.

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