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carob tree

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 tree
     n : evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
         carob [syn: {carob}, {carob bean tree}, {algarroba}, {Ceratonia
         siliqua}]
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