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Noun carob has 3 senses
- carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod - long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
--1 is a kind of bean, bean plant
--1 is a part of
--1 is a substance of carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread
- carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua - evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
--2 is a kind of bean tree
--2 is a member of Ceratonia, genus Ceratonia
--2 has parts:
- carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread - powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
--3 is a kind of foodstuff, food product
--3 has substances:
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