Lab-grown
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Grown from animal cells in a laboratory environment, as opposed to harvested from an animal. not-comparable
"It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same."
- 2 Created in a laboratory as opposed to mined from the Earth. not-comparable
"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled in 2018 that lab-grown diamonds are included in the same definitional universe as mined diamonds but warned against the use of terms like "natural" in marketing that confused the two categories."
Example
More examples"For chicken lovers in Singapore, this lab-grown chicken will soon be available in nugget form as the country has given the OK for San Francisco-based startup Eat Just to sell the meat."
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