|chä(ˌ)pek|däks- noun
or czapek medium
Usage: usually capitalized C&D
Etymology: after Friedrich Czapek died 1921 Czech botanist & Arthur W. Dox died 1954 American chemist
: a culture medium for various fungi consisting essentially of a balanced and buffered mixture of inorganic salts, a sugar, and water and being used (1) as a solution or (2) with added agar as a solid — called also respectively (1) Czapek solution, Czapek-Dox solution, (2) Czapek agar