資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
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}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]