Found 2 items, similar to ceratonia siliqua.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratonia siliqua
n : evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
carob [syn:
carob,
carob tree,
carob bean tree,
algarroba]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ceratonia siliqua
Locust tree
\Lo"cust tree`\n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
A large North American tree of the genus
Robinia (
Robinia Pseudacacia
), producing large slender racemes of white,
fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an
ornamental tree. In England it is called
acacia.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different
genera, especially to those of the genus
Hymen[ae]a,
of which
Hymen[ae]a Courbaril is a lofty, spreading
tree of South America; also to the carob tree
(
Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the
Mediterranean region.
[1913 Webster]
Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus
Gleditschia
)
Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and
strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp
found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply
honey locust.
Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree (
Gleditschia monosperma
), of the Southern United States.
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