carob bean tree

1. 1.

   evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

   Synonymscarobcarob treealgarrobaCeratonia siliqua

   Broaderbean tree

   Part ofCeratonia

   Partscarob

Questions about carob bean tree

What does carob bean tree mean?

carob bean tree means "evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob".

What is another word for carob bean tree?

Close synonyms include carob, carob tree, algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carob bean tree a common word?

carob bean tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.