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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).

noun guars

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

    Similar: cluster bean, guar bean

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noun annual legume

Españolguar
Românăfasolea de guar
Русскийгуа́р guár
العربيةغَار ḡār

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@misc{guar_2026,
  title = {guar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}