Petri dish
SHALLOW DISH ON WHICH BIOLOGICAL CULTURES MAY BE GROWN AND/OR VIEWED
Petri-dish; Petri plate; Petri Dish; Petree dish; Peetree dish; Petri dishes; Petri-dishes; Petri-dishs; Petri dishs; Petrie dish; Petry dish; Culture dish; Petridish; 🧫; Peach tree dish
['p?tri, 'pi:tri]
¦ noun a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms.
Origin
C19: named after the German bacteriologist Julius R. Petri.