Carob-tree
11carob bean — noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute • Syn: ↑carob, ↑algarroba bean, ↑algarroba, ↑locust bean, ↑locust pod • Hypernyms: ↑bean …
12carob powder — noun powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute • Syn: ↑carob, ↑Saint John s bread • Hypernyms: ↑foodstuff, ↑food product • Substance Meronyms: ↑carob, ↑ …
13carob — noun Etymology: Middle French carobe, from Medieval Latin carrubium, from Arabic kharrūba 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… …
14carob flour — SYN: algaroba. * * * carob flour n a powder extracted from the fruit of the carob tree and used in the pharmaceutical, textile, and food industries as a thickener, stabilizer, and sizing agent …
15carob — 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.… …
16carob flour — noun : a powder extracted from the fruit of the carob tree and used in the pharmaceutical, textile, and food industries as a thickener, stabilizer, and sizing agent called also locust bean gum powder …
17carob — ► NOUN ▪ the edible brownish purple pod of an Arabian tree, from which a powder is extracted for use as a substitute for chocolate. ORIGIN Old French carobe, from Arabic …
18carob — [kar′əb] n. [Fr caroube < ML carrubia < Ar kharrub, bean pod < Aram khārūbā < Assyr kharūbu] 1. a leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) of the E Mediterranean, bearing long, flat, leathery, brown pods with a sweet pulp 2. such a pod,… …
19carob — /kar euhb/, n. 1. a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp. 2. Also called St. John s bread, algarroba, locust bean. the pod of this tree, the source… …
20carob — car·ob kar əb n 1) a Mediterranean evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) with racemose red flowers 2) a carob pod also its sweet pulp * * * car·ob (karґəb) [Ar. al kharrubah] 1. Ceratonia siliqua. 2. the finely pulverized meal of the …
