cultigen
cultigen · cultigens
A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has…A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/
Meaning
1 sensesA plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
Origin
From culti(vated) + -gen, or from Latin cultus (“cultivated”) + gēns (“kind”). Coined by AFrom culti(vated) + -gen, or from Latin cultus (“cultivated”) + gēns (“kind”). Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.
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