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Definition of Carob
1. Noun. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute.
Substance meronyms: Carob Powder, Saint-john's-bread
Group relationships: Algarroba, Carob Bean Tree, Carob Tree, Ceratonia Siliqua
Generic synonyms: Bean
2. Noun. Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob.
Group relationships: Ceratonia, Genus Ceratonia
Terms within: Algarroba, Algarroba Bean, Carob Bean, Locust Bean, Locust Pod
Generic synonyms: Bean Tree
3. Noun. Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute.
Generic synonyms: Food Product, Foodstuff
Terms within: Algarroba, Algarroba Bean, Carob Bean, Locust Bean, Locust Pod
Definition of Carob
1. n. An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.
Definition of Carob
1. Noun. An evergreen shrub or tree, ''Ceratonia siliqua'', native to the Mediterranean region. ¹
2. Noun. the fruit of that tree. ¹
3. Noun. a sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carob
1. an evergreen tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Carob
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Carob
Literary usage of Carob
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"... carob bean, Pers. camp. roots beginning with ... Thence transferred of the
carob tree, ... or 5 beans ofthe carob, and according to ..."
2. Rambles on the Riviera by Eduard Strasburger (1906)
"The ramification resembles that of the oak; but the carob is easily distinguished by
... The wild carob tree is indigenous to the East Mediterranean region; ..."
3. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"And perhaps we should discuss this matter, so far as our enquiries g°- Of the
trees special to Egypt, and of the carob. II. "Thus in Egypt there are a ..."
4. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"... OIL — CASTOR SEEDS — COLCHICUM— HELLEBORE—OIL OF TURPENTINE—OIL OF TAR—MOULDY
BREAD—ERGOT OF RTE—carob OR LOCUST BEAN. General Remarks. ..."
5. Letters from the Levant: Containing Views of the State of Society, Manners by John Galt (1813)
"The carob-tree is also cultivated in this island ;. and a considerable quantity of
... You will probably recollect, that among the Romans the carob was the ..."
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