guar
guar · guars
гуар
An annual legume, used as a food for cattle and humansAn annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
Meaning
1 sensesAn annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
гуа́рguár
More definitions
- drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
annual legume:
Origin
From Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened fromFrom Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) + कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).
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Forms
plural: guarsSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material:cluster beanCyamopsis tetragonolobusCyamopsis psoraloides