algarroba

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algarroba - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  algarroba
      n 1: 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, algarroba,
           locust bean, locust pod]
      2: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
         carob [syn: carob, carob tree, carob bean tree,
         algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua]
      3: mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing [syn: algarroba,
         algarrobilla, algarobilla]
      4: mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to
         Venezuela [syn: algarroba, Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis   juliiflora
         ]