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Definition of Carob bean
1. Noun. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute.
Substance meronyms: Carob, Carob Powder, Saint-john's-bread
Group relationships: Algarroba, Carob, Carob Bean Tree, Carob Tree, Ceratonia Siliqua
Generic synonyms: Bean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carob Bean
Literary usage of Carob bean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Farmer's Magazine (1866)
"... more especially of carob-bean and liquorice. At :lir s:ui№ tune, ... an infusion
of carob-bean to season the milk and dietary of young ..."
2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Sec General Bibliography, pp. 671-674: Hanausek, TF (48); Planchon et Collin (34);
Vogl (44). carob bean. The nutritive elements of the carob bean ..."
3. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"carob bean—The carob bean at pres ent has but little consequence as a horse feed
in this country, for the reason that it is scarcely available in quantities ..."
4. Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts by Michael Russell (1833)
"... the carob-bean, because the carat used in weighing diamonds and other gems is
four grains, and the carob-bean, or seed of the carob-tree (Ceratonia ..."
5. The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation by Joseph Reynolds Green (1901)
"It appears to be a member of the group of celluloses, and to resemble mucilage
in its reactions. During the germination of the Carob-bean this body, ..."
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