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Agar

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Noun

1. agar, nutrient agar

any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

2. agar, agar-agar

a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Agar

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noun
a complex gelatinous carbohydrate obtained from seaweeds, esp those of the genus Gelidium, used as a culture medium for bacteria, a laxative, in food such as ice cream as a thickening agent (E406), etc
. Also called: agar-agar

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Agar

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noun
1. 
a gelatinous product made from seaweed and used as a base for bacterial cultures, as a laxative, in jellied and preserved foods, in electrophoresis, etc.
2. 
a base containing agar

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Agar

see synonyms of agar
n.
1. A gelatinous material derived from certain marine algae. It is used as a base for bacterial culture media and as a stabilizer and thickener in many food products.
2. A culture medium containing this material.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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