Agar-Agar

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (n.) A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the artificial cultivation of bacteria; - often called agar, by abbreviation.

(2): (n.) A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

A gum extracted from a sea-weed, used in bacteriological investigations.

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