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noun
An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: cluster bean, guar bean
Antonyms: none provided
noun
drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legume, leguminous plant
History
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).
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