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Webster 1913 Edition

Carob

Car′ob

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
caroube
fruit of the carob tree, Sp.
garrobo
,
al-garrobo
, carob tree, fr. Ar.
kharrūb
, Per.
Kharnūb
. Cf.
Clgaroba
.]
1.
(Bot.)
An evergreen leguminous tree (
Ceratania Siliqua
) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John’s bread; – called also
carob tree
.
2.
One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; – called also
St. John's bread
,
carob bean
, and
algaroba bean
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Carob

CAROB

,
Noun.
The carob-tree, Ceratonia siliqua, a native of Spain, Italy, and the Levant. It is an evergreen, growing in hedges, and producing long, flat, brown-colored pods, filled with a mealy, succulent pulp, of a sweetish taste. In times of scarcity, these pods are eaten by poor people, but they are apt to cause griping and lax bowels.

Definition 2024

carob

carob

English

carob tree
carob fruits

Noun

carob ‎(plural carobs)

  1. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
  2. The fruit of that tree.
  3. A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

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Etymology

From Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب ‎(ḵarrūb, “locust bean pod”), from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic [script needed] ‎(kharubu).

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