Domesticated Plant
Key Stage 1
Meaning
A cultivated plant is one that has been planted, grown and bred by humans.
About Cultivation
Most of the fruit and vegetables we eat today don't look like they did 10,000 years ago. They have been 'cultivated. Humans have bred them by always planting the seeds from the biggest and the sweetest plants. Over thousands of years this means the new plants have got bigger and sweeter with every new generation. Sometimes plants are cultivated because the look pretty. Many gardens have plants that we can't eat, but people like the look of them so they plant and grow them careful.
Examples
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| Rice is a type of grass that was first cultivated in Asia thousands of years ago. | The tomato was first cultivated in South America and was a small yellow fruit before people brought it to Europe to cultivate it into the big red fruit we know today. | Before cultivation, apples were as small as cherries and only found in Kazakhstan. |