Link Centre Dictionary

agar

UK/ˈeɪ.ɡə/ US/ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/ uncommon

noun

1.

any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

Synonyms
2.

a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

Synonyms

Origin

Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru).

Phrases

  • MacConkey agar
  • Sabouraud's agar
  • trypticase soy agar
  • violet red bile agar

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.