cultigenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌltɪdʒɛn/, /ˈkʌltɪdʒən/

名詞

cultigen (複数形 cultigens)

1. (botany, horticulture) A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection. [from 1918]

   Synonym: anthropogenic plant

   Antonym: indigen

使用する際の注意点

Cultigen and cultivar may be confused with one another. Cultigen is a general-purpose term while cultivar is a formal classification category in the ICNCP (“International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants”). In practice most cultigens are cultivars.

下位語

• (plant selected by humans): cultivar

派生語

• cultigenous

参考

• indigen

参照

• Bailey, L.H. 1918. The indigen and cultigen. Science ser. 2, 47:306-308
• Spencer, R.D. and Cross, R.G. 2007. The cultigen. Taxon 56(3):938-940

Further reading

• cultigen on Wikipedia.
• cultigen at OneLook Dictionary Search