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cultivar Hort.|ˈkʌltɪvɑː(r)|
[f. cultivated ppl. a. + variety 6 b.]
A variety that has arisen in cultivation. Also attrib.
1923L. H. Bailey in Gentes Herbarum I. iii. 113, I now propose another name, cultivar, for a botanical variety, or for a race subordinate to species, that has originated and persisted under cultivation. 1953Rep. 13th Internat. Hort. Congress 1952 50 The Code provides..that the term ‘cultivar’ (abbreviated as cv.) be applied to those special forms which have originated or are maintained only in cultivation. Ibid. 51 When revival of the earliest published cultivar-name would cause confusion, it is to be listed as a synonym. 1961New Statesman 19 May 808/2 What happened to tulips, roses, daffodils, is now happening to lilium. Relatively few species are brought together from remote places, crossed and recrossed, and give rise to thousands of cultivars. 1970R. Gorer Devel. Garden Flowers 19, I have also followed the practice of using the term cultivar (abbreviated as cv.) to indicate variation that has arisen as a result of cultivation. |