ceratonia siliqua

Questions about ceratonia siliqua

What does ceratonia siliqua mean?

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

What is another word for ceratonia siliqua?

Close synonyms include carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba. 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 ceratonia siliqua a common word?

ceratonia siliqua 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.