Carob Definition
kărəb
noun
A leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) of the E Mediterranean, bearing long, flat, leathery, brown pods with a sweet pulp.
Webster's New World
The pod of this plant, containing a sweet edible pulp and seeds that yield a gum used as a stabilizer in food products.
American Heritage
Such a pod, used for fodder or in making a nutritious, chocolatelike drink or candy.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- locust bean
- algarroba
- algarroba bean
- locust pod
- carob bean
- carob bean tree
- carob tree
- Ceratonia siliqua
- Saint-John's-bread
- carob powder
Other Word Forms of Carob
Noun
Singular:
carob
Plural:
carobsOrigin of Carob
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Middle English carabe from Old French carobe from Medieval Latin carrūbium from Arabic ḫarrūba carob pod algaroba
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French carobe, from Arabic خروب (kharrūb, “locust bean pod”), from Assyrian kharubu.
From Wiktionary
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