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agar
CIDE DICTIONARY
agar, n. [See agar-agar.].
- common shortened form of agar-agar{2}. [PJC]
- any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent; -- used especially with a modifying prefix, as, EMB agar. The term is applied both to the dehydrated medium powder containing agar and to the gelatinous medium prepared from it. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
agar, n. (also agar-agar) a gelatinous substance obtained from any of various kinds of red seaweed and used in food, microbiological media, etc.
Etymology
Malay
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