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Carob

noun

Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute. Synonyms: algarroba, algarroba bean, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod.

Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob. Synonyms: algarroba, carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua.

Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute. Synonyms: carob powder, Saint-John's-bread.

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... spent all, there was a severe famine in that country; and he began to be in want. [15:15]And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed swine. [15:16]And he desired to fill his stomach with the carob pods which the swine eat; and no ...

— The New Testament • Various

... excellent wine and all kinds of fruit are produced, but agriculture is in a most backward state. Besides the productions already named, madder, opium, oranges, lemons, pomegranates, &c., are grown. The carob-tree abounds in some districts; its succulent pods are exported to Egypt and Syria, while the fruit called St. John's Bread is used as an article of food. Of all the agricultural products, cereals hold the most important place. Wheat was largely grown until recently, but of late ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, - and Discoveries of The English Nation, v5 - Central and Southern Europe • Richard Hakluyt

... to buy small quantities of Hummus (lupins or chick-peas), Kharru'b (carob-pods), "hot" and coarse tobacco for the Arabs, ...

— The Land of Midian, Vol. 2 • Richard Burton

Words linked to "Carob" : carob bar, bean, locust pod, Ceratonia, bean tree, genus Ceratonia, foodstuff, food product