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carob bean

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Noun1.carob bean - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulpcarob bean - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, carob - powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, algarroba, carob - evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans


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My wife collects carob beans from the ground, washes and nibbles on them most evenings -- when not, baked sunflower seed.
A Carat was originally a unit of weight based on the carob bean, used by ancient merchants in the Middle East.
In times past, if a diamond weighed the same as a carob bean, it was one carob, or one carat.
 
 
 
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