CULTIVAR

cultivar

(noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cultivar (plural cultivars)

A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]

Hypernyms

• (cultivated variety of plant): cultigen, cultivar group, convariety

Anagrams

• curvital

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

3 May 2024

TWIST

(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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