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algarroba
or al·ga·ro·ba
[ al-guh-roh-buh ]
noun
- any of certain mesquites, especially Prosopis juliflora, having pinnate leaves and yellowish flowers.
- the beanlike pod of this plant.
- the carob tree or fruit.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of algarroba1
1835–45; < Spanish < Arabic al the + kharrūbah carob
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Word History and Origins
Origin of algarroba1
C19: from Spanish, from Arabic al the + kharrūbah carob
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Example Sentences
They were seated beneath the slowly withering algarroba tree out on the burning shales.
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Hymenæa courbaril.—The locust tree of the West Indies; also called algarroba in tropical regions.
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From the algarroba bean an intoxicating drink is made, called ang- min, and then yells, hellish sounds and murderous blows inspire terror in the paleface guest.
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There, beneath the stunted algarroba tree, sat the child.
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Thither Josè bent his steps, and at length came upon the girl sitting in the shade of a stunted algarroba tree some distance from the usual trail.
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