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Carob

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noun. A Mediterranean evergreen tree (Ceratonia siliqua) of the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and large, dark, leathery pods.

noun. The pod of this plant, containing a sweet edible pulp and seeds that yield a gum used as a stabilizer in food products.

noun. An edible powder or flour made from the ground seeds and pods of this plant, used as a substitute for chocolate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. The common English name of the plant Ceratonia Siliqua.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.

noun. 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.

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noun. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

noun. The fruit of that tree.

noun. A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

noun. powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute

noun. evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

Word Usage

"a tree called the carob or kharub-tree, which is common in Ionia,"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bean bean tree food product foodstuff

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

cherub

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

ST butter-scotch dieir energy-rich fava

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

St. John's bread locust bean

variant

algaroba bean carob bean carob tree st. john's bread