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alginate

[al-juh-neyt]
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noun
  1. a salt of alginic acid.
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Origin of alginate

First recorded in 1935–40; algin + -ate2
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British Dictionary definitions for alginate

alginate

noun
  1. a salt or ester of alginic acid
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