culture medium

English Thesaurus

1. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	food, nutrient,
definition	:	any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	agar, nutrient agar,
definition	:	any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent (noun.substance)

domain category	:	bacteriology,
definition	:	the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease (noun.cognition)