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CAROB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carob mean?
• CAROB (noun)
The noun CAROB has 3 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. powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
Familiarity information: CAROB used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("carob" is a kind of...):
bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)
Holonyms ("carob" is a part of...):
algarroba; carob; carob bean tree; carob tree; Ceratonia siliqua (evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob)
Holonyms ("carob" 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 ("carob" is a kind of...):
bean tree (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)
Meronyms (parts of "carob"):
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 ("carob" is a member of...):
Ceratonia; genus Ceratonia (carobs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
carob; carob powder; Saint-John's-bread
Hypernyms ("carob" is a kind of...):
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Meronyms (substance of "carob"):
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)
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