culture

²cul·ture

verb \ˈkəl-chər\

cul·turedcul·tur·ing \ˈkəlch-riŋ, ˈkəl-chə-\

Definition of CULTURE

transitive verb

1

: cultivate

2

a : to grow in a prepared medium b : to start a culture (see ¹culture)from

Examples of CULTURE

1. The virus is cultured in the laboratory from samples of infected tissue.
2. <culture bacteria in laboratory dishes>

Origin of CULTURE

(see ¹culture)

First Known Use: 1510

Related to CULTURE

Synonyms: crop, cultivate, grow, dress, promote, raise, rear, tend

Related Words: breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout

Near Antonyms: kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow

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Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, fecund, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate