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Carob

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Carob has 3 senses

carob(n = noun.plant) algarroba, algarroba bean, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute; Array

is a part of algarroba, carob, carob bean tree, carob tree, ceratonia siliqua

is a kind of bean

carob(n = noun.plant) algarroba, carob bean tree, carob tree, ceratonia siliqua - evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob; Array

is a member of ceratonia, genus ceratonia

has parts: algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod

is a kind of bean tree

carob(n = noun.food) carob powder, saint-john's-bread - powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute; Array

is a kind of food product, foodstuff

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Carob, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharrūb, Per. Kharnūb. Cf. Clgaroba.].

An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree. [1913 Webster]
One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Carob, n.
1 (in full carob-tree) an evergreen tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean, bearing edible pods.
2 its bean-shaped edible seed pod sometimes used as a substitute for chocolate.

Etymology

obs. F carobe f. med.L carrubia, -um f. Arab. karruba

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