algarrobo
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algarrobo
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish algarrobo, from algarroba, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرُّوبَة (al-ḵarrū́ba), from Arabic الْخَرُّوب (al-ḵarrūb).
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algarrobo m (plural algarrobi)
- A tree of species Prosopis alba
- Synonym: algarrobo blanco
- (uncountable) the wood of this plant
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Etymology edit
From algarroba.
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algarrobo m (plural algarrobos)
- carob (Ceratonia gen. et spp.)
- silk tree (Albizia gen. et spp.)
- algarrobo (many species in Prosopis)
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- “algarrobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014