Carob

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carob \Car"ob\, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp.
     garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per.
     Kharn[=u]b. Cf. {Clgaroba}.]
     1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua})
        found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the
        St. John's bread; -- called also {carob tree}.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  carob
       n 1: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;
            used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
            [syn: {carob bean}, {algarroba bean}, {algarroba}, {locust
            bean}, {locust pod}]
       2: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
          carob [syn: {carob tree}, {carob bean tree}, {algarroba},
          {Ceratonia siliqua}]
       3: powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree;
          used as a chocolate substitute [syn: {carob powder}, {Saint-John's-bread}]