carob
noun
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
carobs
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pluralof carob.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Greek landowners in the jagged Troodos Mountains leased their pastures to Turkish shepherds; Turkish shopkeepers bought oranges and carobs from Greek farmers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mird lives near by, among his peas, vines and carobs, in a house cluttered by found objects and rustic earthenware.
From Time Magazine Archive
Greek landowners in the craggy Troodos Mountains leased their pastures to Turkish shepherds; Turkish shopkeepers bought oranges and carobs from Greek farmers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Silks, minerals, baulks of timber, ingots of lead, carobs, rape-seed, liquorice, sugar cane, great piles of dutch cheeses.
From Tartarin De Tarascon by Oliver C. Colt
He had climbed down the slippery stairs through that dank couloir or funnel in the rock overhung with drooping maidenhair and ivy and umbrageous carobs.
From South Wind by Norman Douglas
