GUAR GUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A gum from seeds of the guar plant; used to thicken foods and as sizing for paper and cloth

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("guar gum" is a kind of...):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

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