Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun agar-agar

1 sense of agar-agar

Sense 1
agar, agar-agar -- (a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods)
       => gum -- (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)