Domesticus
/doh-MES-tih-kus/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: domestica, domesticum
An epithet indicating a plant that has been brought under human cultivation from a wild state — domesticated for food, fiber, ornament, or other use. It is the botanical equivalent of the label "domestic" and often appears on the cultivated form of a species that also has a wild counterpart. Appears as domesticus (masculine), domestica (feminine), or domesticum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin domesticus, meaning "of the household" or "tamed," from domus (house, home).
Example
“Malus domestica (the cultivated apple) is among the most important of all domesticated plants, its epithet marking millennia of human selection from wild crab apple ancestors.”