| 单词 | carob-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarob-tree 2. The tree, more fully called carob-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > carob > carob-tree siliquac1440 siliquec1440 carob1548 cod tree1560 locust tree1623 algarroba1671 horn-cod1682 carouba1856 1548 [see sense 1]. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 20 The leafe is lyke unto Carobe, or saint Johannis breadis tre. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Luke xv. 15 They would not let him fill his Belly with the Cods of the Carabe Tree, which was the swines meat. 1842 L. S. Costello Pilgrimage Auvergne I. 45 Where the tall carob's branches spread. c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 146 The large dark-leaved, widespread tree called the ‘Carob’, common apparently in the forests of Galilee. 1886 A. H. Church Food-grains of India 173 The carob tree was introduced into India about the year 1840. < as lemmas |
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