"locust bean" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: locust beans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} locust bean (plural locust beans)
  1. A seed of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua). Wikipedia link: carob tree Categories (lifeform): Caesalpinia subfamily plants Derived forms: locust bean gum Related terms: African locust bean (taxonomic: Parkia spp.) Translations (seed of the carob tree): pónaire lócaiste [feminine] (Irish)

Inflected forms

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