agar-agar
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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
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～ fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
agaric
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～ a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
Agaricaceae
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～ large family including many familiar mushrooms
agaricales
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～ typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
agaricus
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～ type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
agassiz
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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
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～ an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
agateware
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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
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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
Agdestis
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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
— Noun
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～ how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
age
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～ a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
age
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～ an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
age
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～ a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"