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algarroba bean

algarroba bean

9.9
A long pod with sweet pulp and small beans people and animals eat, often used like chocolate
  • noun
  • /ˌælɡəˈroʊbə bin/
  • Specialized
translation icon : frijol de algarrobo
  • The algarroba bean is often ground into flour as a healthy chocolate alternative.

Examples

  • Many Mediterranean sweets use the pulp from the algarroba bean for flavor and texture.

  • Farmers feed livestock with algarroba bean pods during the dry season.

  • The algarroba bean is rich in nutrients.

  • Farmers often use algarroba beans as animal feed.

  • Many Mediterranean sweets use the pulp from the algarroba bean for flavor and texture.

  • Farmers feed livestock with algarroba bean pods during the dry season.

  • The algarroba bean is often ground into flour as a healthy chocolate alternative.

Synonyms

carob
vsalgarroba bean
1 7.7

A long brown pod from the Mediterranean tree with sweet edible pulp

focuses on the edible seed case rather than the tree
locust bean
vsalgarroba bean
7.7

A long pod from the carob tree with sweet pulp used like chocolate and as animal feed

is the same seed case described by the key concept
carob bean
vsalgarroba bean
5.1

A long dark brown pod from a carob tree with a sweet soft inside used like chocolate

is the same plant part but named differently in the key description
locust pod
vsalgarroba bean
9.5

A long seed pod from a tree with sweet pulp and small beans used for food and animal feed

is the same edible seed case but differs in label or regional use
algarroba
vsalgarroba bean
9.9

A Mediterranean tree that always has green leaves and grows sweet edible pods used like chocolate

is limited to the seed case and its seeds rather than the whole tree

Surface Forms

algarroba bean singular
algarroba beans plural

Morphology

algarroba + bean

The compound simply names the bean/pod of the algarroba tree, so a learner who knows 'algarroba' (the tree/pod) and 'bean' (edible seed/pod) can directly infer the meaning. This is a straightforward noun+noun composition following common compounding patterns and is essentially compositional and cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

Algarroba bean names the long, brown pod of the carob tree, full of sweet pulp and small beans. For a long time people fed the pods to animals and used the sweet pulp as a 'chocolate substitute', so the name means the pod used for 'animal feed' and as a sweet cooking ingredient.