∙ The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
∙ The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
∙ The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium; the growth thus produced. microbiology
∙ Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings. anthropology
∙ The collective noun for a group of bacteria.
∙ Cultivation. botany
∙ The language and peculiarities of a geographical location. computing
∙ The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels. cartography
Verb
∙ To maintain in an environment suitable for growth . especially of bacteria
∙ To increase the artistic or scientific interest . in something