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How to pronounce carob in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms algarroba, algarroba bean, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod
Type of bean
Type Words
Synonyms carob powder, saint-john's-bread
Type of food product, foodstuff
Type Words
Synonyms algarroba, carob bean tree, carob tree, ceratonia siliqua
Type of bean tree

Examples of carob

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We were delighted by the tender spring lamb with carob, honeydew, and fava beans.
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Carob juice drinks are traditionally drunk during the Islamic month of Ramadan.
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The nose is milk chocolate crossed with carob, plus something grainy or grassy.
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Outside the fence, there are carob and almond trees and the stumps of olive trees.
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Neither carob nor chocolate, being vegetable foods, contains any cholesterol.
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Many people have experimented with carob flour as a low-fat cocoa substitute.
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There they can sit on stone ledges surrounded by olive and carob and cypress trees.
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Dried carob fruit is traditionally eaten on the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat.
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For example, the ancient Romans had used the carob seed as a weight standard.
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More examples
  • Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
  • Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
  • Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
  • Ceratonia siliqua, commonly known as the carob tree, St John's-bread, or locust bean (not to be confused with the African locust bean) is a species of flowering evergreen shrub or tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens. The ripe, dried pod is often ground to carob powder, which is used to replace cocoa powder...
  • A tree that is native to the Mediterranean and Middle East which produces large seeds in long pods, now also known as locust beans; used as a sweetener, and as a medicinal laxative.
  • A pod which is powdered and used as a chocolate substitute and flavoring agent.
  • The dried and roasted pulp of the tropical carob tree, ground into powder which is used to replace cocoa in baked goods and candies.
  • Comes from a pod from a tree, like cocoa powder, yet it has no cocoa butter or caffeine and is lower in fat.
  • A powder or fine flour ground from the carob pod or locust bean. It is naturally sweet, low in fat and has no caffeine. It has a dark brown flavor and substitutes for chocolate, but lacks the characteristic bitterness of chocolate.