locust pod

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

algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean

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

carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua, algarroba, carob - evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob

bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

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In the 1960s its crop, the locust pod, was a prized export, with production averaging 53,000 tonnes a year, making Cyprus the third-biggest exporter worldwide.

To protect carob groves, Cyprus recruits owls and snakes

A shopper might purchase a grapevine tendril for one token, or select a honey locust pod in exchange for two tokens.

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