verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To change the culture of (a social institution). transitive

   "to reculture a troubled school"

2. 2
   To culture again or anew. transitive

   "The colonies in each well were pooled and recultured for characterization and storage."

Example

More examples

"The colonies in each well were pooled and recultured for characterization and storage."

Etymology

From re- + culture.

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