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Definition of Ceratonia siliqua
1. Noun. Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob.
Group relationships: Ceratonia, Genus Ceratonia
Terms within: Algarroba, Algarroba Bean, Carob, Carob Bean, Locust Bean, Locust Pod
Generic synonyms: Bean Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratonia Siliqua
Literary usage of Ceratonia siliqua
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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"). ..."
2. 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. ..."
3. The land and the book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and by William McClure Thomson (1870)
"... called St. John's Bread, and also Locust-tree, from a mistaken idea about the
food of the Baptist in the wilderness. It is the ceratonia siliqua of ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1914)
"10 According to Leonard J. Spencer, a higher average weight for the seeds of
ceratonia siliqua has been given, namely, 20").2 mg. or 3.1067 grains, ..."
5. Biblical things not generally known (1879)
"locust tree, from a mistaken idea about the food of the Baptist in the wilderness.
It is the ceratonia siliqua of ..."
6. 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. ..."
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