释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•ob (kar′əb),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Plant BiologyAlso called St. John's-bread, algarroba, locust bean. the pod of this tree, the source of various foodstuffs, including a substitute for chocolate, as well as substances having several industrial uses, and sometimes used as food for animals.
- Fooda powder made from the ground pods and seeds of this tree and used in cooking, esp. as a substitute for chocolate.
- Arabic kharrūb bean-pods, carobs
- Medieval Latin carrūbium
- Middle French carobe
- 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carob /ˈkærəb/ n - Also called: algarroba an evergreen leguminous Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, with compound leaves and edible pods
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 Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French carobe, from Medieval Latin carrūbium, from Arabic al kharrūbah |