Guar gum

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A heteropolysaccharide gum, extracted from the guar bean, that is used as a food additive.
  2. 2
    a gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth wordnet

Etymology

From guar (“type of legume”) + gum.

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