Carob definition

kărəb

An edible powder or flour made from the ground seeds and pods of this plant, used as a substitute for chocolate.

noun

A Mediterranean evergreen tree (Ceratonia siliqua) of the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and large, dark, leathery pods.

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The pod of this plant, containing a sweet edible pulp and seeds that yield a gum used as a stabilizer in food products.

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A leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) of the E Mediterranean, bearing long, flat, leathery, brown pods with a sweet pulp.

noun

Such a pod, used for fodder or in making a nutritious, chocolatelike drink or candy.

noun

An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

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The fruit of that tree.

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A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

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Other Word Forms

Singular:

carob

Plural:

carobs

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.

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