al·ga·ro·ba or al·gar·ro·ba 
(ăl′gə-rōbə) or al·gar·ro·bo (-bō)
(ăl′gə-rōbə) or al·gar·ro·bo (-bō)n.
1. See mesquite.
2. See carob.
[American Spanish algarroba, mesquite, from Spanish, carob, from Arabic al-ḫarrūba : al-, the + ḫarrūba, carob pod (from ḫarrūb, carob; see ḫrb in the Appendix of Semitic roots).]