algaroba
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al·ga·ro·ba
or al·gar·ro·ba (ăl′gə-rō′bə) or al·gar·ro·bo (-bō)[American Spanish algarroba, mesquite, from Spanish, carob, from Arabic al-ḫarrūba : al-, the + ḫarrūba, carob pod (from ḫarrūb, carob; see ḫrb in Semitic roots).]
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