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cultigen definition

cul·ti·gen (kul′ti jən)

noun

a cultivated plant not known in a wild form and presumably originated in cultivation

Etymology: culti(vated) + -gen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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