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Meaning:

Noun:

  • anthropology Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
  • botany cultivation
  • microbiology The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
  • The arts, customs, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
  • The beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
  • The collective noun for a group of bacteria.

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Verb:

  • transitive To increase the artistic or scientific interest (''in something'').
  • transitive To maintain in an environment suitable for growth (''especially of bacteria'').

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