carob beans

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• Carob tree — Taxobox name = Carob Tree image width = 270px image caption = Carob pods ( top , unripe; bottom , ripe) image2 width = 270px image2 caption = Carob leaflets regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia …   Wikipedia

• carob bean — noun long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute • Syn: ↑carob, ↑algarroba bean, ↑algarroba, ↑locust bean, ↑locust pod • Hypernyms: ↑bean …   Useful english dictionary

• BEANS — Ancient Jewish sources refer to several species of beans under the Hebrew name of pol qualified by various epithets. Pol itself is the broad bean (Vicia faba) which was included in the food brought to David s forces by his loyal supporters from… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Algarve — The Algarve (pron. IPA2|aɫ gaɾv(ɨ)) is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal. It has a area of 5,412 square kilometres with approximately 410,000 permanent inhabitants, and incorporates 16 municipalities. The region coincides with the… …   Wikipedia

• carat — [16] The carat gets its name from the use of carob beans as standard weights for measuring the heaviness of small quantities. The Greek name for the elongated seed pod of the carob tree was kerátion, a derivative of kéras ‘horn’ (related to… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• carat — (n.) mid 15c., from M.Fr. carat measure of the fineness of gold (14c.), from It. carato, from Arabic qirat pod, husk, weight of 4 grains, from Gk. keration carob seed, lit. little horn dim. of keras horn (see KERATO (Cf. kerato )). Carob beans… …   Etymology dictionary

• carat — (ct or c)    1. a unit of mass used for diamonds and other precious stones. Originally spelled karat, the word comes from the Greek keration, a carob bean; carob beans were used as standards of weight and length in ancient Greece in much the same …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• carat — [16] The carat gets its name from the use of carob beans as standard weights for measuring the heaviness of small quantities. The Greek name for the elongated seed pod of the carob tree was kerátion, a derivative of kéras ‘horn’ (related to… …   Word origins

• car·ob — /ˈkerəb/ noun [noncount] : the fruit of a Mediterranean tree that can be prepared to taste similar to chocolate and is used in various foods often used before another noun carob beans/pods carob powder …   Useful english dictionary

• Hanina Ben Dosa — (1st century, CE) was a scholar and miracle worker, and the pupil of Johanan ben Zakkai ( Berakhot , 34b). While he is reckoned among the Tannaim and is quoted in connection with a school and its disciples, no halachot and but few aggadot are… …   Wikipedia

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