{ } a. [ L. cultratus knife-shaped, fromculter, cultri, knife. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
(adj) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; - J.F.Kennedy, Syn. ethnical, ethnic, Example:influenced by ethnic and cultural ties; ethnic food
(n) a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos, Syn. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
[古文运动 / 古文運動, gǔ wén yùn dòngㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ] cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song