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 Car·ob n.
 1. Bot. An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.
 2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.
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 carob bean
      n : long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp;
          used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
          [syn: carob, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust
          bean, locust pod]