noun
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, ↑algarroba, ↑locust bean
• Hypernyms: ↑bean
• Substance Holonyms: ↑carob, ↑carob powder, ↑Saint-John's-bread
• Part Holonyms: ↑carob, ↑carob tree, ↑carob bean tree, ↑algarroba, ↑Ceratonia siliqua
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noun : carob 1b
Useful english dictionary. 2012.