Căr'ob, n.

n. [O. Fr. carobe, N. Fr. caroube, It. carrubo, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, from Ar. kharrûb, Per. kharnûb.] (Bot.) A leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a native of Spain, Italy, and the Levant. It is an evergreen, growing in hedges, and producing long, flat, brown-colored pods, filled with a mealy, succulent pulp, of a sweetish taste, which in times of scarcity have been used for food, and are called St. John's bread. Baird.