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Agar

//ˈeɪ.ɡə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    agarwood countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods wordnet
  4. 4
    A culture medium based on this material. countable, uncountable

    "An hour before, he had been in lab, removing from the incubator his boxes of agar plates."

  5. 5
    any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru).

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