carob

n 1: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;

used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

[syn: {carob bean}, {algarroba bean}, {algarroba}, {locust

bean}, {locust pod}]

2: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical

carob [syn: {carob tree}, {carob bean tree}, {algarroba},

{Ceratonia siliqua}]

3: powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree;

used as a chocolate substitute [syn: {carob powder}, {Saint-John's-bread}]