locust bean

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Noun

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locust bean - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust pod 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