Definition of Carob bean

1. Noun. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Carob Bean

carnosity
carnot efficiency
carnotite
carnotites
carnous
carns
carny
carnying
carnyx
caro
caro quadrata sylvii
caroach
caroaches
carob
carob bar
carob bean (current term)
carob bean tree
carob flour
carob gum
carob powder
carob tree
carobbiite
carobs
caroch
caroche
caroched
caroches
caroigne
carol
carol singer

Literary usage of Carob bean

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

1. British Farmer's Magazine (1866)
"... more especially of carob-bean and liquorice. At :lir s:ui№ tune, ... an infusion of carob-bean to season the milk and dietary of young ..."

2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Sec General Bibliography, pp. 671-674: Hanausek, TF (48); Planchon et Collin (34); Vogl (44). carob bean. The nutritive elements of the carob bean ..."

3. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"carob bean—The carob bean at pres ent has but little consequence as a horse feed in this country, for the reason that it is scarcely available in quantities ..."

4. Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts by Michael Russell (1833)
"... the carob-bean, because the carat used in weighing diamonds and other gems is four grains, and the carob-bean, or seed of the carob-tree (Ceratonia ..."

5. The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation by Joseph Reynolds Green (1901)
"It appears to be a member of the group of celluloses, and to resemble mucilage in its reactions. During the germination of the Carob-bean this body, ..."

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