carob
noun/ˈkærəb/
/ˈkærəb/
(also carob tree)
- a southern European tree with dark brown fruit that can be made into a powder that tastes like chocolateTopics Foodc2Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the carob bean): from Old French carobe, from medieval Latin carrubia, from Arabic k̲arrūba.
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