Meanings
plural carobs
- countableuncountableAn evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
Synonyms: bean tree, St. John's bread
- countableuncountableThe fruit of this tree.
- countableuncountableA sweet chocolatelike confection made with the pulp of the fruit of this tree.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlong pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
nounevergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
nounpowder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Classical Syriacܚܪܘܒܐ
- Arabicخَرُّوب
- Middle Frenchcarobe
- Englishcarob
Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κεράτιον, κερατωνία
- κεράτιον (kerátion)fruit
- κερατωνία (keratōnía)tree
Arabic خَرُّوب, خَرُّوب
- خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb)fruit
- خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb)tree
Bulgarian рожков, рожков
- рожков (rožkov)fruit
- рожков (rožkov)tree
Catalan garrofa, garrova
- garrofafruit
- garrovafruit
- farina de garrofachocolate-like confection
- garrofertree
Czech karob, svatojánský chléb
- karobfruit
- svatojánský chlébfruit
- karobchocolate-like confection
- rohovník obecnýtree
Danish johannesbrød, johannesbrød
- johannesbrødfruit
- johannesbrødtree
Dutch johannesbrood, johannesbroodboom
- johannesbroodfruit
- johannesbroodboomtree
Esperanto karobo, karobujo
- karobofruit
- karobujotree
- ceratoniotree
Finnish johanneksenleipä, johanneksenleipäpuu
- johanneksenleipäfruit
- johanneksenleipäpuutree
French caroube, caroubier
- caroubefruit
- caroubiertree
German Johannisbrot, Johannisbrotbaum
- Johannisbrotfruit
- Johannisbrotbaumtree
Greek χαρούπι, ξυλοκέρατο
- χαρούπι (charoúpi)fruit
- ξυλοκέρατο (xylokérato)fruit
- χαρουπόμελο (charoupómelo)chocolate-like confection
- χαρουπιά (charoupiá)tree
- κερατονία η έλλοβος (keratonía i éllovos)tree
Hebrew חָרוּב, חָרוּב
- חָרוּב (ḥaruv)fruit
- חָרוּב (ḥaruv)tree
Hungarian szentjánoskenyér, szentjánoskenyérfa
- szentjánoskenyérfruit
- szentjánoskenyérfatree
Irish carúb, carúb
- carúbfruit
- carúbchocolate-like confection
- carúbtree
Italian carruba, carrubo
- carrubafruit
- carrubotree
Japanese 蝗豆, 蝗豆
- 蝗豆 (inagomame)fruit
- 蝗豆 (inagomame)tree
Latin cerātium, cerōnia
- cerātiumfruit
- cerōniatree
Norwegian johannesbrødtre
- johannesbrødtretree
Persian خرنوب, کروزه
- خرنوب (xarnub)fruit
- کروزه (kavarze)fruit
- خرنوب (xarnub)tree
- کبر (kabar)tree
- خارسم (xârsam)tree
Portuguese alfarroba, alfarrobeira
- alfarrobafruit
- alfarrobeiratree
Romanian roșcovă, roșcov
- roșcovăfruit
- roșcovtree
Russian рожо́к, рожко́вое де́рево
- рожо́к (rožók)fruit
- рожко́вое де́рево (rožkóvoje dérevo)tree
Spanish algarroba, harina de algarrobo
- algarrobafruit
- harina de algarrobochocolate-like confection
- algarrobotree
Swedish johannesbröd, johannesbröd
- johannesbrödfruit
- johannesbrödtree
Turkish keçiboynuzu, harnup
- keçiboynuzufruit
- harnupfruit
- keçiboynuzutree
- harnuptree
Yiddish באָקסער
- באָקסער (bokser)fruit
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Cite this entry
carob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carob
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