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  • noun A seaweed, typically a red alga, that produces agar in its cell walls.

Etymologies

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agar + -o- +‎ -phyte

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Examples

  • Indeed, Madagascar exports the agarophyte, Gelidum madagascariense, to Japan.

    Chapter 7 1991

  • Photosynthetic use of exogenous inorganic carbon in the agarophyte

    New Content on CO2 Science 2010

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