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Algaroba

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al·gar·ro·ba or al·ga·ro·ba  (lg-rb)
n.
1.
a. See mesquite.
b. The edible pod of this plant.
2. See carob.
[American Spanish, mesquite, from Spanish, carob, from Arabic al-arrba : al-, the + arrba, carob pod (from arrb, carob; see rb in Semitic roots).]
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FAMILY NAMES Pericopsis elata of the Family Leguminosae OTHER NAMES Mesquite, honey locust, ironwood, algaroba, honeypod, ablarroba, honey mesquite and Texas ironwood.
Afrormosia: poor man's teak by Kaiser, Jo-ann / Wood & Wood Products
FAMILY NAMES Prosopis juliflora of the Family Mimosaceae OTHER NAMES Mesquite, honey locust, ironwood, algaroba, honeypod, ablarroba, honey mesquite, Texas ironwood.
Mesquite makes inroads as commercial wood by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products
Family Names Prospis juliflora (also Prospis glandulosa) of the Family Mimosaceae Other Names Mesquite, honey locust, honeypod, ironwood, algaroba, western honey locust, velvet mesquite, ablarroba, honey mesquite, Texas ironwood, algarobo.
Mesquite: from pest tree to valuable domestic by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products
 
 
 
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