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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.

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

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.

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.

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