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glass tube closed at one end
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a glass tube with one open end
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a kind of laboratoryglassware , composed of a fingerlike length of glass tubing, open at the top, usuallywith a rounded lip at the top, and a rounded 'U' shaped bottom
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a plain or lipped tube usually of thin glass closed at one end and used especially in chemistry and biology
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Tube in which cells, tissues, etc., can be cultured.
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A test tube, also known as a culture tube, is a piece of laboratory glassware composed of a finger-like length of glass tubing, open at the top, with a rounded U-shaped bottom. Often, the top features a flared lip. This is to aid pouring of a liquid from the test tube to a beaker.
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