[Sp. algarroba, ad. Arab. al-kharrūbah, applied to the same.] a. The CAROB tree and bean (also called Locust-pod). b. A South American mimosa with pods of similar flavor.
1845. Darwin, Voy. Nat., xvi. (1873), 359. A few algarroba trees, a kind of mimosa.
1866. Treas. Bot., Algaroba bean, the fruit of Ceratonia Siliqua.
1873. Bentley, Bot. (ed. 3), 504. The legumes of Prosopis dulcis … are used as a food for cattle, under the name of Algorobo.
