carob Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Car"ob noun
Etymology
Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharrub, Per. Kharnub. Cf. Clgaroba.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913