guar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.

Word forms

guar guars

Etymology

From 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).

Synonyms

Cyanopsis tetragonoloba

Related words

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