Eponym for a dish (5)

I believe the answer is:

petri

(Other definitions for petri that I've seen before include "Man with a signature dish" , "Sort of dish" , "- - dish (science)" , "Bacteriologist giving name to culturing dish" , "Laboratory dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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