Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: locust bean
  1. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
    - carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust pod

Derived forms: locust beans

Type of: bean

Part of: algarroba, carob, carob bean tree, carob powder, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, Saint-John's-bread

Encyclopedia: Locust bean