Noun

(Hinduism, Buddhism) the principle that orders the universe; one's conduct in conformity with such a principle

(Hinduism) one's obligation in respect to one's position in society

(Buddhism) the teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment

* "Dharma practice in the tradition of the Theravada Buddhist masters enabled me to quit smoking and improve my relationships, oh, and by the way, to achieve nirvana."

(Buddhism) the teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.

* "The Mahayana Buddhist teacher does not want you to chain smoke and quarrel with your loved ones, but your main focus in Mahayana is to spread the dharma for the good of all sentient beings."

Noun

(en noun)

The arts, customs, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-07, volume=408, issue=8852, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Farming as rocket science , passage=Such differences of history and culture have lingering consequences. Almost all the corn and soyabeans grown in America are genetically modified. GM crops are barely tolerated in the European Union. Both America and Europe offer farmers indefensible subsidies, but with different motives.}}

The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=(Jan Sapp)

, volume=100, issue=2, page=164, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Race Finished , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture , ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.}}

(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.

(anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.

The collective noun for a group of bacteria.

(botany) Cultivation.

* http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm

The Culture of Spring-Flowering Bulbs

(computing) The language and peculiarities of a geographical location.

A culture is the combination of the language that you speak and the geographical location you belong to. It also includes the way you represent dates, times and currencies. ... Examples: en-UK, en-US, de-AT, fr-BE, etc.