The dark brown fruit of the carob tree can be referred to as carob. It is often made into powder and used instead of chocolate. If you do yearn for chocolate, try a carob bar instead. the fruit of a Mediterranean tree, which tastes similar to chocolate (carobe, from carrubium, from kharrubah). Leguminous evergreen tree (Ceratonia siliqua) native to the eastern Mediterranean region and cultivated elsewhere. It is sometimes known as locust, or St. John's bread, in the belief that the "locusts" on which John the Baptist fed were carob pods. The tree, about 50 ft (15 m) tall, bears compound, glossy leaves with thick leaflets. Its red flowers are followed by flat, leathery pods that contain 5-15 hard brown seeds embedded in a sweet, edible pulp that tastes similar to chocolate
powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
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Etymology
[ 'kar-&b ] (noun.) 1548. Middle French carobe, from Medieval Latin carrubium, from Arabic kharrubah.