Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob.
Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute.
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The boy had been both hung and impaled on the old carob tree.
2
The carob tree, white poplar, a thorn bush, and the oleander are found in some localities.
3
He spit at the carob tree.
4
His work was to stay in the fields and feed them with husks, the hard pods of the carob tree.
5
He made his way through the orchard until he came to a carob tree at whose root he struck with the axe.
1
The Cassia fistula of Ceylon resembles it somewhat in flavour, but the Ceratonia siliqua is free from the medicinal properties of the former tree.
Spanish
prosopis juliiflora Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela.
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