bioculture

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noun

The combination of biological and cultural factors that affect human behavior

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounbioculture (countable and uncountable, plural biocultures)

plural biocultures

  1. countableuncountableThe combination of biological and cultural factors that affect human behavior
  2. countableuncountablebiologyA culture of living cells

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  7. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  8. Latincolō
  9. Latincultūra
  10. Middle Frenchculture
  11. Englishculture
  12. Englishbioculture

From bio- + culture.

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APA

bioculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioculture

MLA

“bioculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioculture. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bioculture,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioculture.

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