guar
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum ) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
Origin of guar
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How to use guar in a sentence
The great feature of the guar is the erection of a stone in memory of the deceased.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar ThurstonI once came across some hundreds of Saoras performing the guar Karja.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar ThurstonThe second feast to the dead, also sacrificial, is called the guar.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar ThurstonEvery one of the stones has been put up at one of these guar feasts.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar ThurstonI doubt it will be the fox guar-r-rdin' the chicken frae the weasel.
The Major | Ralph Connor
British Dictionary definitions for guar
/ (ɡwɑː) /
a leguminous Indian plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, grown as a fodder crop and for the gum obtained from its seeds
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
Origin of guar
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