From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Carob \Car"ob\, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp.
garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per.
Kharn[=u]b. Cf. {Clgaroba}.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua})
found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the
St. John's bread; -- called also {carob tree}.
[1913 Webster]
2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree,
which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by
man; -- called also {St. John's bread}, {carob bean}, and
{algaroba bean}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carob
n 1: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;
used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
[syn: {carob}, {carob bean}, {algarroba bean}, {algarroba},
{locust bean}, {locust pod}]
2: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
carob [syn: {carob}, {carob tree}, {carob bean tree},
{algarroba}, {Ceratonia siliqua}]
3: powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used
as a chocolate substitute [syn: {carob}, {carob powder},
{Saint-John's-bread}]
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