[syn: algarroba, Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]