cultigen

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cultigen

/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/ UK
/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒən/ UK

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From culti(vated) + -gen, or from Latin cultus (“cultivated”) + gēns (“kind”). Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

noun cultigens

A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
Similar: anthropogenic plant · Opposite: indigen

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@misc{cultigen_2026,
  title = {cultigen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cultigen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}