Algarroba

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  algarroba
       n 1: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;
            used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
            [syn: {carob}, {carob bean}, {algarroba bean}, {locust
            bean}, {locust pod}]
       2: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical


          carob [syn: {carob}, {carob tree}, {carob bean tree}, {Ceratonia
          siliqua}]
       3: mesquite pod used in tanning and dying [syn: {algarrobilla},
           {algarobilla}]
       4: mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to
          Venezuela [syn: {Prosopis juliflora}, {Prosopis juliiflora}]