Agar

Definitions

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. agarwood
   countable, uncountable
3. A surname.
4. A culture medium based on this material.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

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