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Agar-agar

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a·gar  (gär, ägär) also a·gar-a·gar (gär-gär, ägär-ä-)
n.
1. A gelatinous material derived from certain marine algae. It is used as a base for bacterial culture media and as a stabilizer and thickener in many food products.
2. A culture medium containing this material.

[Short for Malay agar-agar.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.agar-agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
agar, nutrient agar - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
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agar-agar
n agar-agar [ˈaːgaːrˈaːgaːr]
(a jelly made from) seaweed, used in medicine, cooking etc. agar-agarمَادَّة هُلَامِيَّة تُسْتَخْرَج مِن الطَّحَالِبагар, хранителна среда за отглеждане на бактерииagar-agaragar-agarAgar-Agaragaragaragar- -agarآگارagar-agarאָגָרसमूद्री शैवाल से बनी जेली जो दवा इत्यादि में उपयोग होती हैagaragar-agaragaragar-agar寒天jellyagar-agaragar !!!removed!!!ágar-ágarагар-агарagar-agaragar-agarวุ้นจากสาหร่ายใช้ในการแพทย์หรือการทำอาหารyosun (jöle) kültürü瓊脂агар-агарایک سمندری پوداthạch trắng

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Beneficial products already derived from cultivated marine organisms (Figure 4) include agar-agar from seaweed, the basis of solid support bacterial culture media.
Agar-agar is a sea vegetable rich in vitamins and minerals.
We've taken a few shortcuts, deleted hard-to-find ingredients (like daikon radish greens and chuka salad, a seasoned seaweed and agar-agar mixture) and in some instances substituted others with a little guidance from Diaz while still attempting
 
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