Dictionary Definition
algarroba
Noun
1 long pod containing small beans and sweetish
edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate
substitute [syn: carob,
carob
bean, algarroba
bean, locust bean,
locust
pod]
2 evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods;
the biblical carob [syn: carob, carob tree,
carob bean
tree, Ceratonia
siliqua]
3 mesquite pod used in tanning and dying [syn:
algarrobilla,
algarobilla]
4 mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands
from Mexico to Venezuela [syn: Prosopis
juliflora, Prosopis
juliiflora]