agar
A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
Noun
- A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- A culture medium based on this material.
- An hour before, he had been in lab, removing from the incubator his boxes of agar plates. - 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 8:
- A pattern that is periodic in both space and time covering the whole plane.
Origin
From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.
Forms
Derived
agarase agarized agarofuran agarolytic agaropectin agarophyte agarose MacConkey agar oligoagar phytoagar Sabouraud's agar trypticase soy agar violet red bile agar
Noun Entry 2
- agarwood
Origin
Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru).