guar

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material

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

cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides

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