What is "algarroba"

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 [syn: carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, Ceratonia siliqua]

mesquite pod used in tanning and dying [syn: algarrobilla, algarobilla]

mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to Venezuela [syn: Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora]