noun
1. : a culture containing a growth of a single kind of organism free from other organisms
2. : a culture containing the descendants of a single organism whether free from all organisms of other kinds or not
noun
1. : a culture containing a growth of a single kind of organism free from other organisms
2. : a culture containing the descendants of a single organism whether free from all organisms of other kinds or not
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012