noun
- Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute.
- synonyms: carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod
- Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob.
- synonyms: carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba, 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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