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guar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
guar
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ग्वार, गोपाली

Inflected Forms

guars (plural)

Phrases

guar gum

Frequently Paired Words

guaran guar gum

Synonyms

cluster bean guar bean cyamopsis tetragonolobus cyamopsis psoraloides

Questions

What does guar mean?
An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
Where does guar come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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