| 释义 |
‖ algaˈrroba
[Sp. algarroba, ad. Arab. al-kharrūbah, applied to the same.]
a. The carob tree and bean (also called Locust-pod).
b. A South American mimosa with pods of similar flavour.
1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xvi. (1873) 359 A few algarroba trees, a kind of mimosa. 1866Treas. Bot., Algaroba bean, the fruit of Ceratonia Siliqua. 1873Bentley Bot. (ed. 3) 504 The legumes of Prosopis dulcis..are used as a food for cattle, under the name of Algorobo. |