agar-agarn.

Brit.

/ˌeɪɡərˈeɪɡə/,

/ˌeɪɡɑːrˈeɪɡɑː/, U.S.

/ˈˌɑɡərˈˌɑɡər/,

/ˈeɪˌɡɑrˈeɪˌɡɑr/

Forms: 1700s– agal-agal (now rare), 1700s– agar-agar, 1800s agar-a-gar.

Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay agar-agar.

Etymology: < Malay agar-agar a kind of seaweed used to make jelly (especially as a sweet), the jelly made from it.The form agal-agal may result from a European mishearing, perhaps based on pronunciations by native speakers of Chinese, who exported the seaweed.

1. Any of various red algae from which agar may be extracted (cf. agarophyte n.); esp. any of several South-East Asian seaweeds of the genera Gracilaria and Gelidium. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding other vegetable materials > [noun]

agar-agar1769

wax-palm1830

jelly-plant1866

guar1882

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > of unspecified or various types

sea-grass1591

rockweed1599

sea-tree1601

zoster1601

float-ore1602

vraic1610

sea-wrack1611

spangle-wort1681

trunk-weed1730

turtle-grass1736

sea-pine1762

agar-agar1769

greenweed1820

bull-kelpc1929

agarophyte1944

1769 A. Dalrymple Hist. Coll. Voy. S. Pacific 16 The Agal-Agal is a sea plant; there are several species, all dissolvable in water, by which it is reduced to a glutinous substance, like congee.

1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. III. ix. ii. 181 The articles of the return cargo [to China]..embrace..agar-a-gar, or sea-weed, tripang, or sea-slug.

1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales II. x. 224 A kind of white sea-weed, called Agar, agar, is found on the reefs about Singapore, but the best is procured from Malacca.

1884 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 12 July 7097/3 The Euchemia spinosa, or agar agar, is an Australian alga, and another important gelatinous species.

1904 Imperial & Asiatic Q. Rev. July 62 The agal-agal yields the jelly or glue which makes the transparent covering of the lattice-work of Chinese lanterns.

1929 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 May s4/5 Agar-agar and other similar seaweed are valuable because of the large amount of bulky material which they contain.

2. A gelatinous, hydrophilic polysaccharide extracted from certain red alga (see sense 1), used esp. as a food-thickening and gelling agent, and in microbiological culture media as a solidifying agent; = agar n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > extract from seaweed

agar-agar1849

Bengal isinglass1863

the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > material > [noun] > culture or medium

culture1880

blood culture1881

cultivation1881

culture medium1883

pure culture1883

agar1885

broth1885

subculture1885

tube-culture1886

bouillon1887

stab-culture1889

streak culture1892

blood agar1893

microculture1893

shake culture1894

streak plate1895

broth culture1897

slant1899

plating1900

stock culture1903

touch preparation1908

tissue culture1912

plaque1924

slope1925

agar-agar1929

isolate1931

MacConkey1938

auxanogram1949

lawn1951

monolayer1952

replica plate1952

1849 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom II. xx. 404 Agar-agar is one of the list of eatables from this region; it is a tenacious vegetable glue made from seaweed, and when boiled with sugar forms a sweetish jelly.

1886 E. M. Crookshank Introd. Pract. Bacteriol. 65 Agar-agar has the advantage of remaining solid up to a temperature of about 45°.

1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row xvi. §1. 169 A culture of germs on a plate of agar-agar.

1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) i. 7 The use of gelatin was followed by the application of serum and later of agar-agar in the preparation of a solid medium.

1985 R. Fernandez Malaysian Cookery 178 Bring the soaked agar-agar to the boil on medium heat and simmer till all the strands have dissolved.

2007 Olive May 132/2 Vegetarians can use agar-agar, a setting agent derived from seaweed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agar-agar
释义	agar-agarn. Brit. /ˌeɪɡərˈeɪɡə/, /ˌeɪɡɑːrˈeɪɡɑː/, U.S. /ˈˌɑɡərˈˌɑɡər/, /ˈeɪˌɡɑrˈeɪˌɡɑr/ Forms: 1700s– agal-agal (now rare), 1700s– agar-agar, 1800s agar-a-gar. Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay agar-agar. Etymology: < Malay agar-agar a kind of seaweed used to make jelly (especially as a sweet), the jelly made from it.The form agal-agal may result from a European mishearing, perhaps based on pronunciations by native speakers of Chinese, who exported the seaweed. 1. Any of various red algae from which agar may be extracted (cf. agarophyte n.); esp. any of several South-East Asian seaweeds of the genera Gracilaria and Gelidium. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding other vegetable materials > [noun] agar-agar1769 wax-palm1830 jelly-plant1866 guar1882 the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > of unspecified or various types sea-grass1591 rockweed1599 sea-tree1601 zoster1601 float-ore1602 vraic1610 sea-wrack1611 spangle-wort1681 trunk-weed1730 turtle-grass1736 sea-pine1762 agar-agar1769 greenweed1820 bull-kelpc1929 agarophyte1944 1769 A. Dalrymple Hist. Coll. Voy. S. Pacific 16 The Agal-Agal is a sea plant; there are several species, all dissolvable in water, by which it is reduced to a glutinous substance, like congee. 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. III. ix. ii. 181 The articles of the return cargo [to China]..embrace..agar-a-gar, or sea-weed, tripang, or sea-slug. 1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales II. x. 224 A kind of white sea-weed, called Agar, agar, is found on the reefs about Singapore, but the best is procured from Malacca. 1884 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 12 July 7097/3 The Euchemia spinosa, or agar agar, is an Australian alga, and another important gelatinous species. 1904 Imperial & Asiatic Q. Rev. July 62 The agal-agal yields the jelly or glue which makes the transparent covering of the lattice-work of Chinese lanterns. 1929 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 May s4/5 Agar-agar and other similar seaweed are valuable because of the large amount of bulky material which they contain. 2. A gelatinous, hydrophilic polysaccharide extracted from certain red alga (see sense 1), used esp. as a food-thickening and gelling agent, and in microbiological culture media as a solidifying agent; = agar n.² ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > extract from seaweed agar-agar1849 Bengal isinglass1863 the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > material > [noun] > culture or medium culture1880 blood culture1881 cultivation1881 culture medium1883 pure culture1883 agar1885 broth1885 subculture1885 tube-culture1886 bouillon1887 stab-culture1889 streak culture1892 blood agar1893 microculture1893 shake culture1894 streak plate1895 broth culture1897 slant1899 plating1900 stock culture1903 touch preparation1908 tissue culture1912 plaque1924 slope1925 agar-agar1929 isolate1931 MacConkey1938 auxanogram1949 lawn1951 monolayer1952 replica plate1952 1849 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom II. xx. 404 Agar-agar is one of the list of eatables from this region; it is a tenacious vegetable glue made from seaweed, and when boiled with sugar forms a sweetish jelly. 1886 E. M. Crookshank Introd. Pract. Bacteriol. 65 Agar-agar has the advantage of remaining solid up to a temperature of about 45°. 1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row xvi. §1. 169 A culture of germs on a plate of agar-agar. 1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) i. 7 The use of gelatin was followed by the application of serum and later of agar-agar in the preparation of a solid medium. 1985 R. Fernandez Malaysian Cookery 178 Bring the soaked agar-agar to the boil on medium heat and simmer till all the strands have dissolved. 2007 Olive May 132/2 Vegetarians can use agar-agar, a setting agent derived from seaweed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1769
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