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Cultivars

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001634

A contraction of "cultivated variety." It refers to a plant type within a particular cultivated species that is distinguished by 1 or more characters.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001634
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymscrop varieties; cultivated varieties; improved varieties
ReferencesBurns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoVarieties; Agronomic traits; Dwarf cultivars; Everbearing cultivars; High-yielding varieties; Miniature cultivars; Wine cultivars
TranslationsSpanish: cultivares
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001634",
  "term": "Cultivars",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A contraction of \"cultivated variety.\" It refers to a plant type within a particular cultivated species that is distinguished by 1 or more characters.",
  "synonyms": [
    "crop varieties",
    "cultivated varieties",
    "improved varieties"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "varieties",
    "agronomic traits",
    "dwarf cultivars",
    "everbearing cultivars",
    "high-yielding varieties",
    "miniature cultivars",
    "wine cultivars"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Burns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cultivares"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cultivars/"
}

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