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carob

/ˈkæɹəb/

carob noun: an evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

Noun

carob (countable and uncountable, plural carobs)

  1. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
  2. The fruit of this tree.
  3. A sweet chocolatelike confection made with the pulp of the fruit of this tree.

carob meaning in Urdu, Arabic and Persian

carob in Urdu

قیراط, رتی

carob in Arabic

tree
خَرُّوب ḵarrūb
fruit
خَرُّوب ḵarrūb

carob in Persian

tree
خرنوب xarnub, کبر kabar, خارسم xârsam
fruit
خرنوب xarnub, کروزه kavarze

Synonyms of carob

Forms of carob

pluralcarobs

Origin of carob

Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā).

Words formed from carob

Phrases with carob

Questions about carob

What does carob mean?
Carob means an evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
What is carob in Urdu?
Carob in Urdu is قیراط, رتی. See Carob meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is carob?
Carob is a noun.
How do you pronounce carob?
Carob is pronounced /ˈkæɹəb/.
What is the plural of carob?
The plural of carob is carobs.

Words near carob in the dictionary

  1. Caro-Kanns
  2. caroa
  3. caroach
  4. caroaches
  5. caroas
  6. carob
  7. carob bean
  8. carob beans
  9. carob gum
  10. carobbiite
  11. Carobine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: carob (page history and authors); carob (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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