# cultivar

/kˈʌltɪvˌɑː/ (UK) · CEFR C2 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/cultivar
Updated: 2026-10-16

## Definition

a type of plant that people have developed by breeding for special qualities, like taste, colour, or size.

For teachers: a plant variety produced and maintained through selective breeding for desired traits such as yield, colour, or disease resistance.

## Examples

- Farmers grow a new cultivar of tomato.
- The nursery sells three cultivars of roses with different colours and scents for home gardens.
- Breeders spent a decade stabilising the drought-tolerant wheat cultivar before releasing seed to farmers across the dry plains.

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