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St. John's bread

St. John's bread noun: the bean of the carob tree.

Noun

St. John's bread

  1. The bean of the carob tree.

Questions about St. John's bread

What does St. John's bread mean?
St. John's bread means the bean of the carob tree.
What part of speech is St. John's bread?
St. John's bread is a noun.

Words near St. John's bread in the dictionary

  1. St. James's Wort
  2. St. James-wort
  3. St. John
  4. St. John the Baptist Parish
  5. St. John's
  6. St. John's bread
  7. St. John's Day
  8. St. John's Wood vestal
  9. St. John's Wood vestals
  10. St. John's wort
  11. St. John's worts

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