Petri dish

noun
🔊/ˈpetri dɪʃ/, 🔊/ˈpiːtri dɪʃ/
🔊/ˈpetri dɪʃ/, 🔊/ˈpiːtri dɪʃ/
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  1. a shallow covered dish used for growing bacteria, etc. in培养皿(培养细菌等用的有盖玻璃碟)
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after Julius R. Petri (1852–1922), German bacteriologist.