guar

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Cyamopsis psoraloides

Cyamopsis tetragonolobus

cluster bean

Cyamopsis psoralioides

cluster beans

cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Translations

guar

guaré

Guar

cyamopsis psoralioides

cyamopsis tetragonoloba

guarée

guar

γκουαρέ

guar

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Cyamopsis psoralioides

cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: cucumis

In summary

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).