biakan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of biak +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /biˈakan/ [biˈak̚.an]
Rhymes: -akan
Syllabification: bi‧ak‧an

Noun

biakan (plural biakan-biakan)

(microbiology) culture
Synonym: kultur
(agriculture) culture, cultivation
Synonyms: budi daya, kultivasi, kultur

Derived terms

biakan akar
biakan jaringan

Further reading

“biakan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016