cultigen

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Pronunciation

/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/ (UK)

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/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/ (UK) · /ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒən/ (UK)

Definition of cultigen

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noun

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

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

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