carob

 

 

 

Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā).

carob (countable and uncountable, plural carobs)

1. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

   Synonym: St. John's bread

2. The fruit of that tree.

   Synonym: locust bean

3. A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

•   Ceratonia siliqua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Barco, COBRA, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, coarb, cobra