carob

English

carob tree (1)

carob fruits (2)

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.

   Synonym: locust bean

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

Translations

tree

• Arabic: خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb)
• Bulgarian: рожков (bg) m (rožkov)
• Catalan: garrover m
• Dutch: johannesbroodboom (nl) m
• Finnish: johanneksenleipäpuu (fi)
• French: caroubier (fr) m
• Galician: alverxón m, alfarrobeira 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
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• Italian: carrubo m
• Macedonian: рогач m (rogač)
• Norwegian: johannesbrødtre n
• Portuguese: alfarrobeira (pt) f
• Romanian: roșcov (ro) m
• Russian: рожко́вое де́рево n (rožkóvoje dérevo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ро̀га̄ч m

  Roman: rògāč (sh) m

• Spanish: algarrobo (es) m
• Swedish: johannesbröd (sv) c
• Turkish: keçiboynuzu (tr)

fruit

• Bulgarian: рожков (bg) m (rožkov)
• Catalan: garrova f (garroví m is the hard part inside), garrofa f
• Dutch: johannesbrood (nl) n
• Finnish: johanneksenleipä
• French: caroube (fr) f
• Galician: beza f, alfarroba f
• German: Johannisbrot
• Greek: χαρούπι (el) n (charoúpi), (colloquial) ξυλοκέρατο (el) n (xylokérato)
• Hebrew: חָרוּב (he) m (ḥaruv)
• Hungarian: szentjánoskenyér (hu)
• Irish: carúb m
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• Italian: carruba f
• Macedonian: рогач m (rogač)
• Portuguese: alfarroba (pt) f
• Romanian: roșcovă (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ро̀га̄ч m

  Roman: rògāč (sh) m

• Spanish: algarroba f
• Swedish: johannesbröd (sv) c
• Turkish: keçiboynuzu (tr)

chocolate-like confection

• Catalan: farina de garrova 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