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Meaning of Agar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈeɪ.ɡə

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.
  2. agarwood
  3. A surname.
  4. A culture medium based on this material.

Equivalents

Čeština agar
Deutsch Agar
Español agar agaragar
Eesti agar
Français agar
Bahasa Indonesia agar-agar karas
Italiano Agar
日本語 天草 寒天
한국어 아가 우무
Bahasa Melayu agar-agar
Português Agar ágar-ágar
Русский агар агар-агар
ไทย วุ้น
Türkçe agaragar

Examples

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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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