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 

• CAROB (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 ("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)