Look up: carob

1. carob
   [n] - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp 2. [n] - evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods 3. [n] - powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree
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2. carob
   the fruit of a small evergreen tree (Ceratonia siliqua) indigenous to the Mediterranean region; it is used mainly as a material for distilling or as animal feeding stuff Category: Botany and zoology
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3. Carob
   Car'ob noun [ Confer French caroube fruit of the carob tree, Spanish garrobo , al-garrobo , carob tree, from Arabic kharrūb , Persian Kharnūb . Confer Clgaroba .] 1. (Botany) An ev...
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4. carob
   <botany> The seed pods from a Mediterranean tree, also called St. John's bread and honey locust. ... Carob is rich in calcium, potassium and phosphorus. It is used as a natural sweet to take the place of sugar, chocolate and cocoa. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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5. carob
   carob powder noun powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
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6. carob
   carob tree noun evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
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7. carob
   algarroba bean noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
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8. Carob
   • (n.) An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John`s bread; -- called also carob tree. • (n.) One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- c...
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9. carob
   (Ceratonia siliqua), tree of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the eastern Mediterranean region and cultivated elsewhere. It is sometimes known ... [1 related articles]
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10. carob
    carob (kăr'ub) , leguminous evergreen tree (Ceratonia siliqua) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to Mediterranean regions but cultivated in other warm climates, including Florida and California. The large red pods have been used for food for animal and man since prehistoric ...
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11. Carob
    The carob, bean tree or locust tree (Ceratonia siliqua), is a Leguminous evergreen tree of the sub-order Caesalpinieae found in Mediterranean countries. It has a dark-green foliage, and produces pods in which the seeds are embedded in a dry nutritious pulp of a sweet taste. It was introduced to Engl...
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12. carob
    Small Mediterranean tree belonging to the legume family. Its pods, 20 cm/8 in long, are used as an animal feed; they are also the source of a chocolate substitute. (Ceratonia siliqua, family Leguminosae.)
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13. carob
    (KEHR-uhb) - The long, leathery pods from the tropical carob tree contain a sweet, edible pulp (which can be eaten fresh) and a few hard, inedible seeds. After drying, the pulp is roasted and ground into a powder. It is used to flavor baked goods and candies. Both fresh and dried carob pods, as well...
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