long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

[ Syn: carob bean , algarroba bean , algarroba , locust bean , locust pod ]

evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

[ Syn: carob tree , carob bean tree , algarroba , ceratonia siliqua ]

powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute

[ Syn: carob powder , saint-johns-bread ]