单词 | saint john's bread |
释义 | Saint John's bread in British Englishnoun usually abbreviated to: St John's bread another name for carob (sense 2) Word origin C16: so called because its beans were thought to be the "locusts" that John the Baptist ate in the desertcarob in British English (ˈkærəb) noun 1. Also called: algarroba an evergreen leguminous Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, with compound leaves and edible pods 2. Also called: algarroba, Saint John's bread the long blackish sugary pod of this tree, used as a substitute for chocolate and for animal fodder Word origin C16: from Old French carobe, from Medieval Latin carrūbium, from Arabic al kharrūbah |
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