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Saint John's bread

Meaning of "Saint John's bread" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAINT JOHN'S BREAD

So called because its beans were thought to be the "locusts" that John the Baptist ate in the desert.

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAINT JOHN'S BREAD

Saint John's bread


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Saint John's bread is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SAINT JOHN'S BREAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ceratonia siliqua

Ceratonia siliqua, commonly known as the carob tree, St John's-bread, or locust bean is a species of flowering evergreen shrub or tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens. The ripe, dried pod is often ground to carob powder which is used as a substitute for cocoa powder. It is native to the Mediterranean region including Southern Europe, Northern Africa, the larger Mediterranean islands; to the Levant and Middle-East of Western Asia into Iran; and to the Canary Islands and Macaronesia. The word Carat, a unit of purity for gold alloys, was derived from the Greek word kerátion literally meaning a small horn, and referring to the carob seed as a unit of weight.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAINT JOHN'S BREAD

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SAINT JOHN'S BREAD

bread · break bread · corn bread · crispbread · flatbread · French bread · frybread · garlic bread · gingerbread · Indian bread · pita bread · raisin bread · read · rye bread · shortbread · sliced bread · soda bread · sweetbread · to be the best thing since sliced bread · Whitbread · white bread

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Translation of «Saint John's bread» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

圣约翰的面包
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

El pan de San Juan
570 millions of speakers
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English

Saint John´s bread
510 millions of speakers
hi

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सेंट जॉन्स रोटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خبز سانت جون
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Хлеб Сент-Джонс
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Pão de São João
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সেন্ট জন এর রুটি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Le pain de Saint John
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Roti Saint John
190 millions of speakers
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Translator English - German

Johannes- Brot
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

セントジョンズのパン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

세인트 존 의 빵
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Roti Saint John
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Bánh thánh John
80 millions of speakers
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செயிண்ட் ஜான்ஸ் ரொட்டி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सेंट जॉनची ब्रेड
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Saint John´nun ekmeği
70 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Italian

Pane di San Giovanni
65 millions of speakers
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Chleb Świętego Jana
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Хліб Сент - Джонс
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

Pâine Sfântului Ioan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ψωμί του Αγίου Ιωάννη
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Saint John se brood
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Saint Johns bröd
10 millions of speakers
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Saint John brød
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAINT JOHN'S BREAD»

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Dictionary of Flavors
St. John's Bread (Saint John's Bread) (Carob) — St. ]ohn's bread is also known as carob and locust bean. Obtained from the fruit of the locust tree growing in the Middle East and parts of southern Europe. The hard seeds inside yield the gum ...
Dolf De Rovira, 2008
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1976: ...
Saint John's Bread Church, Venice, CA. A725780 2224 Saint Johnsbury Trucking Company, Inc. A711292 1869 Saint John's Church in Keokuk: a history, 1850 - 1975. A"'05715 1730 Saint John's Church of Keokuk (I A) A705715 1730 Saint ...
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1977
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Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives
... Gum, carob bean; Gum, carob bean locust; Indalca ABV; Johannisbrotmehl; Locust bean gum; Locust (carob) bean gum; Locust bean oil; Locust gum; Luctin; Lupogum; Saint John's bread; St. John's bread gum; St. John's bread; Supercol.
George A. Burdock, 1997
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An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
This is generally considered the locust-tree of scripture ; and in Spain, where the seeds arc eaten, it U called Saint John's bread. Ignorance of eastern manners and natural history, Professor Slartin observes, induced some persons to fancy that ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
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Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete ...
Saint John's bread, in botany. See Ceratonia Saint John's wort, in botany. See Hypericum. Saint Peter's wort, in botany. See A9CYRUM. Saint Peter's wort ( Shrubby), in bo- t.inv. See Lonicera. Saint Ignatius's bean, in botany. See Faba indica.
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, 1813
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Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, Fifth Edition
... Caratonia gum; Fructoline; Gum, carob bean locust' Locust bean gum; Locust bean oil; Luctin; Lupogum; Saint John's bread; St. John's bread gum; Supercol Description: Carob bean gum is a natural product obtained from the endosperm of ...
George A. Burdock, 2004
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
Saint John's bread, in botany. See Ceratonia Saint John's wort, in botany. See Hypericum. Saint Peter's wort, in botany. See Ascyrum. Saint PtoTER'j wort ( 9hrubby), in botany. See Loricera. Saint Ignatius*s bean, in botany. See Faba ivdica.
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, 1819
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Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, Two Volume Set
The carob pod is sometimes called Saint John's bread because of the widely held belief that the "locusts" that John the Baptist ate while in the wilderness were really carob pods (Matthew 3:4). The carob tree is a dark evergreen tree which ...
Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger, 1993
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The Families of Plants: With Their Natural Characters, ...
... Salvia Sage, Wild, Teucrium Sage, Indian' Wild, Lantana Sage, Wood, Teucrium Sage of Jerusalem, Pidmonaria Sage of Jerusalem, Phlomis Sage-tree, Phlomis Saint Bartholomew's Herb, Saint Bruno's Lily, Hemerocallii Saint John's Bread, ...
Carl von Linné, Johann Jacob Reichard, Erasmus Darwin, 1787
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
SAINT JOHN'S BREAD, n. A plant of the genus Ceratonia. SAINT JOHN'S WORT, n. A plant of the genus Hypericum. SA'INTLIKE, a. [saint and lilce.~\ Resembling a saint ; as, a saintlike prince. Bacon. 2. Suiting a saint ; becoming a saint.
Noah Webster, 1832
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