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Saint John's bread

British  

noun

  1. another name for carob

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Saint John's bread

C16: so called because its beans were thought to be the "locusts" that John the Baptist ate in the desert

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