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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An annual plant (Cyamopsis tetragonolobus) in the pea family, cultivated chiefly in semiarid regions of South Asia as a forage crop and especially for its seeds, from which guar gum is obtained.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as gouaree.

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  • noun An annual legume, used as a food for cattle and humans.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi guār, from Sanskrit gopālī, a kind of cucumber, short for gopālakarkaṭī, cowherder's cucumber, from gopālaḥ, cowherd : gauḥ, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + pālayati, he brings across safely, protects (variant of pārayati; see per- in Indo-European roots).]

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From Hindi ग्वार.

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Examples

  • A bean-like vegetable called guar has become invisibly ubiquitous, though its impact on demand and prices has been anything but.

    What's News 2011

  • The problem with it is that it does not hold up as well, so you can't use it exclusively unless you are willing to add a stabilizing agent such as guar gum to maintain the rise.

    In Search of An Amazing Protein Muffin aka TBTAM 2008

  • Tobacman's third paper 3 explored the increased incidence of mammary carcinoma to the increased consumption of stabilizers and additives such as guar gum, pectin, xanthan, and carageenan.

    Red Seaweed as HPV/cervical cancer preventative GreenFertility 2006

  • Supplementing your diet with pectin or other forms of supplemental dietary fiber such as guar, wheat bran, alginate, or cellulose may decrease the absorption of lutein.

    The World's Healthiest Foods 2009

  • The U.S. apologized to Pakistan for killing border guar but criticized the government's commitment to battling terrorism.

    Currency Wars, Dow 11000, a Hot Nobel 2010

  • No xanthan whatever, no guar or other gummy-like elements, only optional oil and vegan!!

    Just Stuff Sarah 2009

  • “But that exception does not change the fact that indiv policies are indeed guar renewable, nor does it make your description of insurers being able to drop you at any time any less inaccurate.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Advice on Recession-Proofing Your Hospital 2010

  • No xanthan whatever, no guar or other gummy-like elements, only optional oil and vegan!!

    Archive 2009-01-01 Sarah 2009

  • But that exception does not change the fact that indiv policies are indeed guar renewable, nor does it make your description of insurers being able to drop you at any time any less inaccurate. maggie mahar says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Advice on Recession-Proofing Your Hospital 2010

  • For instance, the company said in a recent financial filing that its fracking fluid contains 99% fresh water, and the remainder includes the food additive guar, enzymes and other chemicals, which it didn't name.

    SEC Bears Down on Fracking Deborah Solomon 2011

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. cluster bean
  2. guar bean
  3. name
  4. qualifier
  5. scientific

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. legume
  2. leguminous plant

same context (21)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. breadstuff
  2. carraway
  3. carris
  4. cassada
  5. chewed-up
  6. chewin'
  7. chia
  8. disease-free
  9. germinating
  10. gum-chewing
  11. higher-yielding
  12. inodorous
  13. oil-bearing
  14. plum-tree
  15. spearmint
  16. sugar-free
  17. sugarless
  18. tupelo
  19. ulcerated
  20. unsifted
  21. weevily

relateds (2)

relateds

  1. guar gum
  2. guaran

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  • MaryW commented on the word guar

    Though best known as a thickener, guar means something else entirely to firefighters, pipeline operators, or the designers of ship hulls and torpedoes. In minute quantities, it has teh ability to create "slippery water," a phenomenon that greatly reduces drag. One physicist described molecules of guar gum (and similar plymers) as double yo-yos, coiling and uncoiling in such a way that they prevent turbulent liquids from adhering to adjacent surfaces. The physics are still poorly understood, but in practice this effect speeds the movement of fluids through hoses and pipes. The US Navy has also studied it as a way to increase hull efficiency and reduce the noise of its ships, submarines, and torpedoes.
    Thor Hanson, The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History (New York: Basic Books, 2015), endnote accompanying ch. 3, p. 50.

    January 30, 2016