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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carob \Car"ob\, noun [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per. Kharn[=u]b. Cf. {Clgaroba}.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua}) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also {carob tree}.
2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also {St. John's bread}, {carob bean}, and {algaroba bean}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
carob
noun
1: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute [syn: {carob bean}, {algarroba bean}, {algarroba}, {locust bean}, {locust pod}]
2: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob [syn: {carob tree}, {carob bean tree}, {algarroba}, {Ceratonia siliqua}]
3: powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute [syn: {carob powder}, {Saint-John's-bread}]
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