carob

English

carob tree

carob fruits

Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب‎ (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ‎ (ḥarrūḇā).

carob (countable and uncountable, plural carobs)

An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
The fruit of that tree.
A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

tree

Arabic: خَرُّوب‎‎ (ḵarrūb)
Bulgarian: рожков (bg) m (rožkov)
Catalan: garrover m
Dutch: johannesbroodboom (nl) m
Finnish: johanneksenleipäpuu (fi)
French: caroubier (fr) m
Galician: alverxón m, alfarrobeira f
German: Johannisbrotbaum (de)
Greek: χαρουπιά (el) f (charoupiá), κερατονία η έλλοβος f (keratonía i éllovos) (botany)
Hebrew: חָרוּב‎‎ (he) m (ḥaruv)
Hungarian: szentjánoskenyérfa (hu)
Irish: carúb m

fruit

chocolate-like confection

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