culture

n 1: a particular civilization at a particular stage

2: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social

group

3: all the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: {acculturation}]

4: (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium

(such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a

Petri dish"

5: the raising of plants or animals: "the culture of oysters"