locust bean : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: locust bean	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for locust bean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
locust bean n long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute Synonym(s): carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Locust \Lo"cust\, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. {Lobster}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family {Acridid[91]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda, [or] Pachytylus, migratoria}, and {Acridium perigrinum}, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called {grasshoppers}. See {Grasshopper}. Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See {Cicada}. {Locust beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a longicorn beetle ({Cyllene robini[91]}), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also {locust borer}. {Locust bird} (Zo[94]l.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See {Pastor}. {Locust hunter} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird; the beefeater. 2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See {Locust Tree} (definition, note, and phrases). {Locust bean} (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.