agar : Idioms & Phrases

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agar-agar

  • noun a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
    agar.
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A`gar-a"gar noun
Etymology
Ceylonese local name.
Definitions
  1. A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).
Webster 1913

blood agar

  • noun a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
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nutrient agar

  • noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
    agar.
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