CULTIVAR


Meaning of CULTIVAR in English

n.

Any variety of a plant, originating through cloning or hybridization (see clone , hybrid ), known only in cultivation.

In asexually propagated plants, a cultivar is a clone considered valuable enough to have its own name; in sexually propagated plants, a cultivar is a pure line (for self-pollinated plants) or, for cross-pollinated plants, a population that is genetically distinguishable.

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