[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

carob \car"ob\, n. cf. f. caroube fruit of the carob tree, sp.
   garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. ar. kharr=ub, per.
   kharn=ub. 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
see also:
clgaroba ceratania siliqua carob tree st. john's bread carob bean algaroba bean 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

carob
     n 1: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;
          used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
          syn: carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust
          bean, locust pod
     2: evergreen mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
        carob syn: carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba,
        ceratonia siliqua
     3: powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree;
        used as a chocolate substitute syn: carob powder, saint-john's-bread
see also:
carob bean algarroba bean algarroba locust bean locust pod carob tree 
carob bean tree ceratonia siliqua carob powder saint-john's-bread 

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