agar
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
/ˈeɪ.ɡə/
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/ˈeɪ.ɡə/ · /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/ · /ˈɑˌɡɑɹ/ · /ˈæ.ɡəɹ/ · /ˈeɪˌɡɑɹ/
Definition of agar
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)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)A culture medium based on this material.
“An hour before, he had been in lab, removing from the incubator his boxes of agar plates.”
- (countable, uncountable)agarwood
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.
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