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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAROB, n. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute [syn: carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod]
2: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob [syn: carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua]
3: powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute [syn: carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French carobe, from Medieval Latin carrubium, from Arabic kharr?ba Date: 1548 1. a Mediterranean evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) with racemose red flowers 2. a pod of the carob tree or its sweet pulp having a flavor similar to that of chocolate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (in full carob-tree) an evergreen tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean, bearing edible pods. 2 its bean-shaped edible seed pod sometimes used as a substitute for chocolate. Etymology: obs. F carobe f. med.L carrubia, -um f. Arab. karruba

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Carob Car"ob, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per. Kharn[=u]b. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(carobs) 1. A carob or carob tree is a Mediterranean tree that stays green all year round. It has dark brown fruit that tastes similar to chocolate. N-COUNT 2. The dark brown fruit of the carob tree can be referred to as carob. It is often made into powder and used instead of chocolate. If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n