carob

Meaning

Noun

  • An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
  • The fruit of that tree.
  • A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب, from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ.

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