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ALGARROBA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela

Synonyms:

algarroba; Prosopis juliflora; Prosopis juliiflora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

mesquit; mesquite (any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar)

Meronyms (parts of "algarroba"):

algarobilla; algarroba; algarrobilla (mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing

Synonyms:

algarobilla; algarroba; algarrobilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a part of...):

algarroba; Prosopis juliflora; Prosopis juliiflora (mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

Synonyms:

algarroba; carob; carob bean tree; carob tree; Ceratonia siliqua

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

bean tree (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)

Meronyms (parts of "algarroba"):

algarroba; algarroba bean; carob; carob bean; locust bean; locust pod (long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a member of...):

Ceratonia; genus Ceratonia (carobs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

Synonyms:

algarroba; algarroba bean; carob; carob bean; locust bean; locust pod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("algarroba" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a part of...):

algarroba; carob; carob bean tree; carob tree; Ceratonia siliqua (evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob)

Holonyms ("algarroba" is a substance of...):

carob; carob powder; Saint-John's-bread (powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute)

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