carob

 

carob tree (1)

 

carob fruits (2) with locust beans

 

carob confection (3)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹəb/

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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.

   Meronym: 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