cultigen

noun
/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/UK

Etymology

From culti(vated) + -gen, or from Latin cultus (“cultivated”) + gēns (“kind”). Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

Definitions

  1. A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted…

    A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.

The neighborhood

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