ALGARROBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does algarroba mean? 

• ALGARROBA (noun)
  The noun ALGARROBA has 4 senses:

1. long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

2. evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

3. mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing

4. mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela

  Familiarity information: ALGARROBA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALGARROBA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

algarroba; algarroba bean; carob; carob bean; locust bean; locust pod

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a part of...):

algarroba; carob; carob bean tree; carob tree; Ceratonia siliqua (evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a substance of...):

carob; carob powder; Saint-John's-bread (powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

algarroba; carob; carob bean tree; carob tree; Ceratonia siliqua

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

bean tree (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)

Meronyms (parts of "algarroba"):

algarroba; algarroba bean; carob; carob bean; locust bean; locust pod (long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a member of...):

Ceratonia; genus Ceratonia (carobs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

algarobilla; algarroba; algarrobilla

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a part of...):

algarroba; Prosopis juliflora; Prosopis juliiflora (mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

algarroba; Prosopis juliflora; Prosopis juliiflora

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

mesquit; mesquite (any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar)

Meronyms (parts of "algarroba"):

algarobilla; algarroba; algarrobilla (mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing)