carob

noun

• 1a brown floury powder extracted from the carob bean, used as a substitute for chocolate.

• 2 (also carob tree) a small evergreen Arabian tree that bears long brownish-purple edible pods. Also called locust tree (see locust (sense 3)).

  • Ceratonia siliqua, family Leguminosae
• (also carob bean) the edible pod of the carob tree. Also called locust bean (see locust (sense 2)).