algarroba

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the carob tree or its long, sweet, edible pod

   The ripe algarroba pods were ground into a naturally sweet flour.

2. 2
   noun

   in Spanish-speaking parts of the Americas, a mesquite tree or its pod

   A solitary algarroba provided firewood and shade beside the desert stream.

Borrowed from Spanish algarroba, from Arabic al-kharruba, 'the carob.' Spanish settlers transferred the familiar Old World name to several pod-bearing American mesquites that resembled carob trees.

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