The biblical carob

• Used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
• Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods
• Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to Venezuela
• A tree, the common mesquite
• Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp
• Mesquite pod used in tanning and dying

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n. long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute [syn: carob , carob bean , algarroba bean , locust bean , locust pod ] evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob ...