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An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.

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  1. n. An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
  4. n. evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
  5. n. powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
  6. 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.
  7. An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in thecountries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; --called also carob tree.
  8. n:100 n. long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute n. evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob n. powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute