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noun

agar n.

Common shortened form of agar-agar 2.

Synonyms: gelose, agar-agar.

Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent; used especially with a modifying prefix, as, EMB agar. The term is applied both to the dehydrated medium powder containing agar and to the gelatinous medium prepared from it.

Synonyms: nutrient agar

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Etymology of 'Agar'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Agar" Quotes from Famous Books

... To pursue: the offended deity consents to withdraw his waters on the condition of a lustral sacrifice of the fairest virgin of the land, who is to be exposed bound to a tree by the shore, whence she is carried off by the monster Agar, in whom we may no doubt see a personification of the 'eagre' or tidal wave of the Humber. At the opening of the play we find the two fairest virgins of the land disguised as boys by their respective fathers, ...

— Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama - A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration - Stage in England • Walter W. Greg

Words linked to "Agar" : agar-agar, blood agar, gum, nutrient agar, medium, culture medium