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Definition of Ceratonia
1. Noun. Carobs.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caesalpinioideae, Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Member holonyms: Algarroba, Carob, Carob Bean Tree, Carob Tree, Ceratonia Siliqua
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratonia
Literary usage of Ceratonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"[Mimosa ceratonia L. Eggers Fl. 269.] 358. MIMOSA PUDICA L. Sand}- fields and
roadsides near Mt. Stewart. Aug. (496). ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... xv, 16), translated "husks" (AV; DV), the coarse pods of the locust tree,
ceratonia siliqua, "St. John's bread-tree". DV "stacte"). ..."
3. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"(ceratonia Siliqua, Linn.) "The husks that the swine did eat."—LUKE xv. 16. ...
algaroba of the Spaniards and Moors, ceratonia Siliqua of botanists. ..."
4. The Plants of the Bible by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"(ceratonia Siliqua, Linn.) "The husks that the swine did eat."—LUKE xv. 16. ...
algaroba of the Spaniards and Moors, ceratonia Siliqua of botanists. ..."