The Clue
St.-John's-bread (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CAROB
Tags
Notes
The answer CAROB is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
Chocolate substitute
Ersatz cocoa
Fake chocolate
Faux chocolate
Kind of bean
Leguminous tree
Locust bean
Locust pod
Medit. bean
Medit. tree
Mediterranean evergreen
Mediterranean tree
Tree pod
Tree with pods
Kin of a honey locust
Pod used for fodder
Health store snack ingredient
Its pulp is a food source
Health store snack bar ingredient
Definition
CAROB as a noun:
1. (carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod) = long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
2. (carob, carob tree, carob bean tree, algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua) = evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
3. (carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread) = powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute