algarroba

American  

[al-guh-roh-buh] / ˌæl gəˈroʊ bə /

Or algaroba

noun

1. any of certain mesquites, especially Prosopis juliflora, having pinnate leaves and yellowish flowers.

2. the beanlike pod of this plant.

3. the carob tree or fruit.

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algarroba British  

/ ˌælɡəˈrəʊbə /

noun

1. another name for mesquite carob

2. the edible pod of these trees

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Etymology

Origin of algarroba

1835–45; < Spanish < Arabic al the + kharrūbah carob

Example Sentences

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.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

There, beneath the stunted algarroba tree, sat the child.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

Hymenæa courbaril.—The locust tree of the West Indies; also called algarroba in tropical regions.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

They were seated beneath the slowly withering algarroba tree out on the burning shales.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis