Definition of Cultigens

1. Noun. (plural of cultigen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cultigens

1. cultigen [n] - See also: cultigen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cultigens

cult
cult hit
cult of personality
cultbuster
cultbusters
cultch
cultches
culter
culters
culti
cultic
cultically
cultigen
cultigens (current term)
cultirostral
cultish
cultishly
cultishness
cultishnesses
cultism
cultisms
cultist
cultists
cultivabilities
cultivability
cultivable
cultivar
cultivars

Literary usage of Cultigens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"Botanical literature is full of cultigens. improperly or incompletely co-ordinated into ... The cultigens are with us and the numbers will increase. ..."

2. The Town of San Felipe and Colonial Cacao Economies by Eugenio Piñero (1994)
"... mentions tobacco, coffee, and other cultigens, but not cacao, this would imply that cacao had not reached most markets in Europe, and certainly was not ..."

3. Between East and West: The Moluccas and the Traffic in Spices Up to the by R. A. Donkin (2003)
"... and less essential oil and aroma than cultigens.17 Within the Moluccas, early improvements were the result of protection, the removal of undergrowth, ..."

4. Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia by Alexander De Waal, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1991)
"Ethiopia is one of the original loci of cereal cultigens, and there is a huge variety of strains of each of the major crops: teff (the most prestigious ..."

5. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... as well as native Mexican Indian crops such as chile, cultivated tobacco, tomato, and new varieties of corn and beans. Some introduced non- cultigens, ..."

6. Exploring Biological Diversity, Environment, and Local People's Perspectives by Douglas Sheil (2002)
"D Diversity of cultigens 18. D Economic geography—range of local extractive practices 19. D Extraction industries 20. D Local land/forest management ..."

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