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guar

guar noun: an annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.

guar: an annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans
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Noun

guar (plural guars)

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

guar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

guar in Hindi

guar, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
ग्वार gvār

guar in Tamil

annual legume
கொத்தவரைக்காய் kottavaraikkāy

guar in Urdu

گوار کی پھلی

guar in Telugu

annual legume
గోరు చిక్కుడు gōru cikkuḍu
More languagesFewer languages
guar in Arabic
غَار ḡār
guar in Myanmar
ပဲပုစွန် pai:pu.cwan

Synonyms of guar

Forms of guar

pluralguars

Origin of guar

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).

Phrases with guar

Questions about guar

What does guar mean?
Guar means an annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
What is guar in Hindi?
Guar in Hindi is ग्वार (gvār). See Guar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is guar?
Guar is a noun.
What is the plural of guar?
The plural of guar is guars.

Words near guar in the dictionary

  1. guapinols
  2. guapo
  3. guapote
  4. guapotes
  5. Guaqui
  6. guar
  7. guar bean
  8. guar beans
  9. guar gum
  10. guar gums
  11. Guar.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guar (page history and authors); ग्वार (Hindi) (page history and authors); guar (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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