Sativum

Sativa, sativus, and sativum are Latin botanical adjectives meaning cultivated. It is often associated botanically with plants that promote good health and used to designate certain seed-grown domestic crops.

Usage
Sativa (ending in -a) is the feminine form of the adjective, but masculine (-us) and neuter (-um) endings are also used to agree with the gender of the nouns they modify; for example, the masculine Crocus sativus and neuter Pisum sativum.

List of plant names containing sativum
Examples of crops incorporating this word and its variations into their Latin name include:


 * Allium sativum, garlic.
 * Avena sativa, the common oat.
 * Cannabis sativa, one of three forms of cannabis.
 * Castanea sativa, sweet chestnut.
 * Coriandrum sativum, coriander, also known as cilantro, an annual herb.
 * Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus.
 * Cucumis sativus, the cucumber.
 * Daucus carota subsp. sativus, the carrot, a plant species.
 * Eruca sativa, the rocket or arugula, a leaf vegetable.
 * Hordeum sativum, barley.
 * Lactuca sativa, lettuce.
 * Lepidium sativum, garden cress.
 * Medicago sativa, alfalfa.
 * Nigella sativa, a flower whose edible seeds are sometimes known as "black cumin" or "black caraway".
 * Oryza sativa, rice.
 * Pastinaca sativa., parsnip, a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley; all belong to the family Apiaceae.
 * Pisum sativum, pea plant.
 * Ribes sativum, the whitecurrant