carob

English

carob tree (1)

carob fruits (2) with locust beans

carob confection (3)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā).

Noun

carob (countable and uncountable, plural carobs)

1. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

   Synonym: St. John's bread

2. The fruit of that tree.

   Meronym: locust bean

3. A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

Translations

tree

• Arabic: خَرُّوب m (ḵarrūb)
• Bulgarian: рожков (bg) m (rožkov)
• Catalan: garrofer (ca) m
• Dutch: johannesbroodboom (nl) m
• Finnish: johanneksenleipäpuu (fi)
• French: caroubier (fr) m
• Galician: alverxón m, alfarrobeira (gl) f
• German: Johannisbrotbaum (de)
• Greek: χαρουπιά (el) f (charoupiá), κερατονία η έλλοβος f (keratonía i éllovos) (botany)

  Ancient: κερατωνία f (keratōnía)

• Hebrew: חָרוּב (he) m (ḥaruv)
• Hungarian: szentjánoskenyérfa (hu)
• Irish: carúb m
• Italian: carrubo m
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• Japanese: 蝗豆 (inagomame)
• Macedonian: рогач m (rogač)
• Norwegian: johannesbrødtre n
• Persian: خرنوب (fa) (xarnub), کبر (fa) (kabar), خارسم (xārsam)
• Portuguese: alfarrobeira (pt) f
• Romanian: roșcov (ro) m
• Russian: рожко́вое де́рево n (rožkóvoje dérevo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ро̀га̄ч m

  Roman: rògāč (sh) m

• Sicilian: carruva f
• Spanish: algarrobo (es) m
• Swedish: johannesbröd (sv) c
• Turkish: keçiboynuzu (tr)
• Venetian: carober m

fruit

• Arabic: خَرُّوب m (ḵarrūb)
• Bulgarian: рожков (bg) m (rožkov)
• Catalan: garrofa f, garrova f
• Dutch: johannesbrood (nl) n
• Finnish: johanneksenleipä
• French: caroube (fr) f
• Galician: beza f, alfarroba (gl) f
• German: Johannisbrot
• Greek: χαρούπι (el) n (charoúpi), (colloquial) ξυλοκέρατο (el) n (xylokérato)

  Ancient: κεράτιον n (kerátion)

• Hebrew: חָרוּב (he) m (ḥaruv)
• Hungarian: szentjánoskenyér (hu)
• Irish: carúb m
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• Italian: carruba f
• Japanese: 蝗豆 (inagomame)
• Macedonian: рогач m (rogač)
• Persian: خرنوب (fa) (xarnub), کروزه (kavarze)
• Portuguese: alfarroba (pt) f
• Romanian: roșcovă (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ро̀га̄ч m

  Roman: rògāč (sh) m

• Sicilian: carruva f
• Spanish: algarroba (es) f
• Swedish: johannesbröd (sv) c
• Turkish: keçiboynuzu (tr)
• Venetian: caròba (vec) f
• Yiddish: באָקסער m (bokser)

chocolate-like confection

• Catalan: farina de garrofa f
• Irish: carúb m
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• Spanish: harina de algarrobo

Further reading

• Ceratonia siliqua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Barco, COBRA, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, coarb, cobra