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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
She slipped away from the trunk of the algarroba and started off toward the clearing.
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They were seated beneath the slowly withering algarroba tree out on the burning shales.
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The skins are first dried in the sun, being pegged down with thorns of the algarroba tree.
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Even as the colossal one approached, Miguel Alvarado caught sight of the slim young nut-brown girl under the algarroba tree.
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This algarroba wood is like iron and under water is almost imperishable.
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