carob

[ kar-uhb ]

noun
  1. a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.

  2. Also called St. John's-bread, algarroba, locust bean. the pod of this tree, the source of various foodstuffs, including a substitute for chocolate, as well as substances having several industrial uses, and sometimes used as food for animals.

  1. a powder made from the ground pods and seeds of this tree and used in cooking, especially as a substitute for chocolate.

Origin of carob

1
1540–50; <Middle French carobe<Medieval Latin carrūbium<Arabic kharrūb bean-pods, carobs

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How to use carob in a sentence

  • The carob has two names in ancient languages—the one Greek, keraunia or kerateia;1692 the other Arabic, chirnub or charûb.

    Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolle
  • One species of evergreen tree, called the carob, grew only ten feet in height, but spread to three times that in breadth.

    A Trip to the Orient | Robert Urie Jacob
  • The tree is the carob tree, of which you have here a picture--a fine large tree bearing a sweet pod containing the seeds.

    Among the Trees at Elmridge | Ella Rodman Church

British Dictionary definitions for carob

carob

/ (ˈkærəb) /


noun
  1. Also called: algarroba an evergreen leguminous Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, with compound leaves and edible pods

  2. Also called: algarroba, Saint John's bread the long blackish sugary pod of this tree, used as a substitute for chocolate and for animal fodder

Origin of carob

1
C16: from Old French carobe, from Medieval Latin carrūbium, from Arabic al kharrūbah

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