noun
1. long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
• Syn: ↑carob, ↑carob bean, ↑algarroba bean, ↑locust bean, ↑locust pod
• Hypernyms: ↑bean
• Substance Holonyms: ↑carob, ↑carob powder, ↑Saint-John's-bread
• Part Holonyms: ↑carob, ↑carob tree, ↑carob bean tree, ↑Ceratonia siliqua
2. evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
• Syn: ↑carob, ↑carob tree, ↑carob bean tree, ↑Ceratonia siliqua
• Hypernyms: ↑bean tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ceratonia, ↑genus Ceratonia
• Part Meronyms: ↑carob, ↑carob bean, ↑algarroba bean, ↑locust bean, ↑locust pod
3. mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing
• Syn: ↑algarrobilla, ↑algarobilla
• Hypernyms: ↑bean
• Part Holonyms: ↑Prosopis juliflora, ↑Prosopis juliiflora
4. mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela
• Syn: ↑Prosopis juliflora, ↑Prosopis juliiflora
• Part Meronyms: ↑algarrobilla, ↑algarobilla
Useful english dictionary. 2012.