Meaning

4 senses

  1. The carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region.

  2. The edible beans or pods of the carob; St. John's bread.

  3. The honey mesquite (Neltuma juliflora), a small tree found in the Americas.

  4. The sweet, pulpy pods of the honey mesquite.

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish algarroba, from Andalusian Arabic الخَرُّوبَة (al-ḵarrūba), from Ara

Borrowed from Spanish algarroba, from Andalusian Arabic الخَرُّوبَة (al-ḵarrūba), from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb, “carob”).

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Forms

plural: algarobas

Synonyms

1 synonyms
carob tree:algarrobilla

Word family

1 related words
Derivedalgaroba bean

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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