Car·ob n.
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.
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carob tree
n : evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
carob [syn: carob, carob bean tree, algarroba, Ceratonia
siliqua]