Found 2 items, similar to carob bean.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: carob bean
carob bean
n : 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: carob bean
Carob
\Car"ob\, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp.
garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per.
Kharn[=u]b. Cf.
Clgaroba.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree (
Ceratania Siliqua)
found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the
St. John's bread; -- called also
carob tree.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]