| guar (gwär) n. An annual plant (Cyamopsis tetragonolobus) probably native to India, adapted to semiarid regions and grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, from which guar gum is obtained. Also called cluster bean. [Hindi gu  r, from Sanskrit gopl , a kind of cucumber, short for goplakarka , cowherder's cucumber, from gopla , cowherd : gau, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + playati, he brings across safely, protects (variant of prayati; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).] |
guar [gwɑː]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a leguminous Indian plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, grown as a fodder crop and for the gum obtained from its seeds
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called guar gum a gum obtained from the seeds of this plant, used as a stabilizer and thickening agent in food (E412) and as sizing for paper
[from Hindi]
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| Noun | 1. |  guar - drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing materiallegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae Cyamopsis, genus Cyamopsis - small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia |
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