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Definition of: carob
(kar′əb) noun
1. An evergreen tree of the Mediterranean region (Ceratonia siliqua).
2. Its long, sickle–shaped, fleshy pods, used for fodder: sometimes called St. John's bread: also carob bean. [<F caroube <Arabic kharrūbah bean pods]
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