cultigen
Meanings
Plural: cultigens
Noun
- A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
Origin / Etymology
From culti(vated) + -gen or from Latin cultus (“cultivated”) + gēns (“kind”). Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.
Synonyms
anthropogenic plant
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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Words With Friends Score: 16
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