cultivar C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈkʌltɪˌvɑr/ UK /ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a plant variety produced by selective breeding in cultivation This apple cultivar was bred for cold tolerance. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a plant variety produced by... varietystrainbreedcultigen Word family Related forms cultivatecultivation Etymology AI details A 20th-century blend coined in 1923 by L. H. Bailey from 'culti(vated)' + 'var(iety)', ultimately from Latin cultivare and varietas. cultivare Medieval Latin colere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cultivar **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkʌltɪˌvɑr/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː/ ## Meanings 1. a plant variety produced by selective breeding in cultivation ## Examples - This apple cultivar was bred for cold tolerance. ## Synonyms - variety - strain - breed - cultigen ## Related Forms - cultivate - cultivation ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cultivare - Root: colere ## Etymology A 20th-century blend coined in 1923 by L. H. Bailey from 'culti(vated)' + 'var(iety)', ultimately from Latin cultivare and varietas. ## AI Etymology Cultivar is a 20th-century blend coined in 1923 by L. H. Bailey from 'culti(vated)' + 'var(iety)', ultimately from Latin cultivare and varietas. The ancestry passes through Medieval Latin cultivare and Latin colere. In present use as a noun, it means "a plant variety produced by selective breeding in cultivation", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include cultivate and cultivation. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in cultivate and cultivation, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown