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cultigen

/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
culti-gen
IPA
/ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/

Inflected Forms

cultigens (plural)

Derived Forms

cultigenous

Frequently Paired Words

indigen

Synonyms

anthropogenic plant

Antonyms

indigen

Questions

How do you pronounce cultigen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌl.tɪ.d͡ʒɛn/.
What does cultigen mean?
A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
Where does cultigen come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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