A plant variety that has been produced in cultivation by selective breeding. Cultivars are usually designated in the style Taxus baccata “Variegata.”.
See also variety (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- Plants from winter-type cultivars were first vernalized and then kept in the greenhouse.
- Plants of a given cultivar are generally closely spaced in groups.
- At present most transgenic plants are crop varieties or cultivars and the changes they received have been very simple.
- These are in agreement with previous field research on dry matter partitioning in plants with different rice cultivars.
- Many cultivars have bicolored petals and a striking yellow center.