agar

¹

[ ah-gahr, ag-er ]

noun

1. Also agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin,. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
2. Biology. a culture medium having an agar base.

Agar

²

[ ey-gahr ]

noun

, Douay Bible.

1. Hagar.

agar

/ ˈeɪɡə /

noun

1. a complex gelatinous carbohydrate obtained from seaweeds, esp those of the genus Gelidium, used as a culture medium for bacteria, a laxative, in food such as ice cream as a thickening agent ( E406 ), etc Also calledagar-agar

agar

/ ā′gär′,ä′gär′ /

1. A gelatinous material obtained from marine algae, especially seaweed, used as a medium for growing bacterial cultures in the laboratory and as a thickener and stabilizer in food products.

Word History and Origins

Origin of agar¹

First recorded in 1885–90, agar is from the Malay word agaragar seaweed from which a gelatin is rendered, or the gelatin itself

Word History and Origins

Origin of agar¹

C19: Malay

Example Sentences

Vodovotz uses seaweed-derived agar for her grapefruit confections, to balance the effect the acid has on the gummy’s texture.

From Eater

After finding the mushrooms, he’d grown them out in the agar, and with a scalpel and sterilizer had propagated the resulting mycelia in dozens of glass jars stacked on racks outside the air lock.

From Outside Online

She saw my research skills, my tenacity, and my willingness to walk—or run, if necessary—a mile to the lab first thing on Saturday mornings to pour agar plates so everyone was prepared for the day’s experiments.

From MIT Technology Review

It is a mega-leap from the agar and test-tube finding to real patients and their delicate lungs.

From The Daily Beast

He should, then, at least have given a small flock to his mistress Agar, when he sent her away in the desert.

From Project Gutenberg

Complete the solution of the various ingredients by bubbling live steam through the flask as in making nutrient agar.

From Project Gutenberg

Bubble live steam through the mixture for twenty minutes, to dissolve the agar.

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Rotate the tube between the hands in order to diffuse the citrated blood evenly throughout the agar.

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If, however, it is to be used as the basis for agar or gelatine media store it in the "Double Strength" condition.

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