Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
saint-john's-bread is a noun meaning "powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute". It carries one recorded sense.
powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for saint-john's-bread come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.