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with Anu GargcultivarPRONUNCIATION:
(KUHL-tuh-var)
MEANING:
noun:
A variety of plant that has been produced by selective breeding.
A cultivar is developed for specific attributes and retains those
attributes in further propagation.
ETYMOLOGY:
A blend of cultivation + variety.
USAGE:
"For many competitors, growing record-setting vegetables is more business
than gardening. Seeds from a consistent winning cultivar can fetch as much
as $500 each."Joe Lamp'l; Giant Pumpkins the Result of Extreme Gardening; Scripps Howard News Service; Oct 27, 2008. See more usage examples of cultivar in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything else you choose. We know that the price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that they might some day force theirs on us. -Mario Cuomo, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)
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