noun
- Plural of agar; a gelatinous substance extracted from seaweed, used as a culture medium in laboratories and as a thickening agent in food.
Usage: Commonly used in scientific and culinary contexts
Examples
- The microbiologist prepared several agars to culture the bacterial samples.
- Different types of agars are used depending on the organism being studied.
- Petri dishes filled with agars are essential equipment in any microbiology lab.
- Some agars contain nutrients that promote the growth of specific bacteria.
- The food industry uses agars as a natural thickening agent in desserts and jams.