carob in English

noun

1

a brown floury powder extracted from the carob bean, used as a substitute for chocolate.

Fortunately the redoubtable Ms. Hillary is not diabetic, as chocolates are high on the prohibited list, as are the so-called ‘diabetic’ chocolates or the chocolate substitute carob .

2

a small evergreen Arabian tree that bears long brownish-purple edible pods.

To save his life, the rabbi withdrew with his son to a cave in Galilee where, miraculously, a carob tree grew and a water well appeared, so that he never lacked for food or water.

noun

• carob tree
• locust bean
• carob powder

Use "carob" in a sentence

1. 7 Capsule: Gelatin, vegetable glycerine, water, and carob.

2. 2 In my experience a straight substitution of carob for chocolate doesn'twork.

3. 5 Then, as I looked back at the dark, inscrutable carob tree, I did feel a faint touch of fear.

4. Cacao can only grow within about 20° north and south of the equator—south of the Mediterranean home of carob, in fact

5. This biome contains evergreen broad-leaved and aciform trees, including: holm oaks, Arbutuses, olive trees, laurels, carob trees, pine trees, junipers, cypresses and […]

6. The word "Carat" actually comes from the Greek word for "carob," a type of tree with seeds that have a very uniform weight.

7. What plants live in the Mediterranean climate? This biome contains evergreen broad-leaved and aciform trees, including: holm oaks, Arbutuses, olive trees, laurels, carob trees, pine trees, junipers, cypresses and others

8. Carat (n.) also karat, late 15c., "a measure of the fineness of gold," from Old French Carat "measure of the fineness of gold" (14c.), from Italian Carato or Medieval Latin carratus, both from Arabic qirat "fruit of the carob tree," also "weight of 4 grains," from Greek keration "carob seed," also the name of a small weight of measure, literally "little horn" diminutive of keras "horn of an