Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Agar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agar-agar \A`gar-a"gar\, n.
A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from
certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the
artificial cultivation of bacteria; -- often called {agar},
by abbreviation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
agar
n 1: any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent [syn:
{nutrient agar}]
2: a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture
media and as a gelling agent in foods [syn: {agar-agar}]
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