cultigen (plural cultigens)
(botany, horticulture) A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection. [from 1918]
Synonym: anthropogenic plant
Antonym: indigen
Cultigen and cultivar may be confused with one another. Cultigen is a general-purpose term while cultivar is a formal classification category in the ICNCP (“International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants”). In practice most cultigens are cultivars.
• (plant selected by humans): cultivar
Source: Wiktionary
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
