GUAR


Meaning of GUAR in English

/gwahr/ , n.

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.

[ 1880-85; guar ]

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