cultivar

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cultivar (plural cultivars)

  1. A cultivated variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]

Derived terms

  • cultivar group

Hypernyms

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Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivāre, present active infinitive of cultivō (I till, cultivate), from cultīvus (tilled), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (I till, cultivate).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /kul.tiˈva/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /kul.tiˈba/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /kul.tiˈvaɾ/

Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, past participle cultivat)

  1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
    Synonym: conrear

Conjugation

Noun

cultivar f (plural cultivars)

  1. cultivar (a cultivated variety of a plant species)

Further reading


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cultivar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏl.tiˌvɑr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var

Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivars)

  1. cultivar

Hypernyms


Interlingua

Verb

cultivar

  1. to cultivate

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivāre, present active infinitive of cultivō (I till, cultivate), from cultīvus (tilled), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (I till, cultivate).

Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present indicative cultivo, past participle cultivado)

  1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • cultivar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivāre, present active infinitive of cultivō (I till, cultivate), from cultīvus (tilled), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (I till, cultivate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kultiˈbaɾ/, [kul̪t̪iˈβaɾ]

Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultivé, past participle cultivado)

  1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)

Conjugation

      Noun

      cultivar m (plural cultivares)

      1. (botany, agriculture) cultivar

      Further reading

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