Definition of Ceratonia siliqua

1. Noun. Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratonia Siliqua

Cepphus grylle
Ceqli
Ceram Sea
Cerambycidae
Cerapteryx
Cerapteryx graminis
Cerastes cornutus
Cerastium
Cerastium alpinum
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium tomentosum
Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata
Ceratodontidae
Ceratonia
Ceratonia siliqua (current term)
Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllum
Ceratophyllus
Ceratopogon
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae
Ceratopteris
Ceratopteris pteridioides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratostomataceae
Ceratostomella

Literary usage of Ceratonia siliqua

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... xv, 16), translated "husks" (AV; DV), the coarse pods of the locust tree, Ceratonia siliqua, "St. John's bread-tree". DV "stacte"). ..."

2. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"(Ceratonia siliqua, Linn.) "The husks that the swine did eat."—LUKE xv. 16. ... algaroba of the Spaniards and Moors, Ceratonia siliqua of botanists. ..."

3. The land and the book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and by William McClure Thomson (1870)
"... called St. John's Bread, and also Locust-tree, from a mistaken idea about the food of the Baptist in the wilderness. It is the Ceratonia siliqua of ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1914)
"10 According to Leonard J. Spencer, a higher average weight for the seeds of Ceratonia siliqua has been given, namely, 20").2 mg. or 3.1067 grains, ..."

5. Biblical things not generally known (1879)
"locust tree, from a mistaken idea about the food of the Baptist in the wilderness. It is the Ceratonia siliqua of ..."

6. The Plants of the Bible by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"(Ceratonia siliqua, Linn.) "The husks that the swine did eat."—LUKE xv. 16. ... algaroba of the Spaniards and Moors, Ceratonia siliqua of botanists. ..."

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