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noun
A heteropolysaccharide gum, extracted from the guar bean, that is used as a food additive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gum
History
From guar (“type of legume”) + gum.
Across languages
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