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cultigen

cultigen

9.9
Grown or kept by people instead of growing naturally in the wild
  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌltɪdʒən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cultivado
  • Many garden plants are cultigen species that do not exist in the wild.

Examples

  • Researchers compared the growth of cultigen and wild plants under controlled conditions.

  • The cultigen corn hybrids are more resilient.

  • The new variety of tomato is a cultigen developed for better resistance to disease.

  • Botanists study cultigen plants extensively.

  • The new variety of tomato is a cultigen developed for better resistance to disease.

  • Many garden plants are cultigen species that do not exist in the wild.

  • Some cultigen flowers have been engineered to bloom year-round.

Synonyms

cultivated
vscultigen
3.5

Land prepared by people for growing crops

names the plants that are grown and maintained by people rather than wild

How Cultivated

cultigen
  • Specialized
9.9
domesticated
  • Specialized
3.1
wild
142 2.8

Surface Forms

cultigen positive

Morphology

cultigen = cultivate (semi-transparent) = culti + gen

The relation to cultivation is clear, but the adjectival use formed with '-gen' is specialized and may be unfamiliar to learners.

Etymology

Cultigen comes from the parts cult- meaning 'to care for' or 'till' (as in cultivate) and -gen meaning 'born' or 'produced' (as in generate). So when a plant is called cultigen it means it was 'grown by human cultivation' rather than occurring naturally in the wild.