agar
— Noun
– English
～ any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
agar-agar
— Noun
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～ a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
agar
— Noun
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～ a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
agaric
— Noun
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～ fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
agaric
— Noun
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～ a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
Agaricaceae
— Noun
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～ large family including many familiar mushrooms
agaricales
— Noun
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～ typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
agaricus
— Noun
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～ type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
agassiz
— Noun
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～ United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
Agastache
— Noun
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～ giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop
agate
— Noun
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～ an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
agateware
— Noun
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～ pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate
Agavaceae
— Noun
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～ chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
agave
— Noun
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～ tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
agaze
— Adjective
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～ (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes"
Agdestis
— Noun
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～ a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates
Agdistis
— Noun
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～ Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele
age
— Verb
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～ grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
age
— Verb
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～ begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"