'Carob' definitions:
Definition of 'carob'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod]
noun
Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob [syn: carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua]
noun
Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute [syn: carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread]
Definition of 'Carob'
From: 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]