carob
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carob
powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute -
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carob
evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob -
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carob
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
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Carob
(Bot) 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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carob
The common English name of the plant Ceratonia Siliqua. See Ceratonia.
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Carob
kar′ob the algaroba or locust-tree, a tree of the order Leguminosæ, native to the Mediterranean countries.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. F. caroube, fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharrūb, Per. Kharnūb,. Cf. Clgaroba
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Through Fr. from Ar. kharrūbah.
Carob -Mint Cookie at Real Food Daily. laweekly.com
Harold Greene made the coffee table seen in the foreground out of a carob-tree trunk. dailynews.com
The bottom of Sicily lies farther south than the top of Tunisia, so it's no surprise that the landscape here—rugged limestone gorges, carob plantations, and quiet farms—is neither European nor African, but something intriguingly in-between. travelandleisure.com
Gluten-Free Honey Cake and Carob Drop Cookies. gntv.trb.com
A boy of six introduced a carob-nut kernel into each ear. "Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine" by
Silks, minerals, baulks of timber, ingots of lead, carobs, rape-seed, liquorice, sugar cane, great piles of dutch cheeses. "Tartarin de Tarascon" by
It is an African species and loves the heat that ripens the carob and the date. "The Wonders of Instinct" by
The path led through a grove of carob trees, from which the beans, known in Germany as St. John's bread, are produced. "The Lands of the Saracen" by
No more longing for the pods of the carob-tree. "New Tabernacle Sermons" by
Choni, the Maagol, once saw in his travels an old man planting a carob-tree, and he asked him when he thought the tree would bear fruit. "Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala" by
About 40,000 quintals of these carobs are annually exported from Crete. "The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom" by
The Spanish name is Algoraba, or Carob-tree. "The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island" by
His work was to stay in the fields and feed them with husks, the hard pods of the carob tree. "Child's Story of the Bible" by
Carobs, or locust beans, figure up to about $300,000. "Asiatic Breezes" by
green, remote from the city’s crowds –
whose foliage whispers secrets of God.
Good my brother, let’s take refuge.