CULTIVAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cultivar mean? 

• CULTIVAR (noun)
  The noun CULTIVAR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CULTIVAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CULTIVAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cultivar" is a kind of...):

variety ((biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics)

tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)

 Context examples 

The antioxidant capacity of USDA Red was 42–53 percent higher than other spinach cultivars in five tests conducted over three years.

(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)