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Definition of Cultigens
1. cultigen [n] - See also: cultigen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cultigens
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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