Ceratonia (ser at on i a)

[NL., τέα, the carob tree (so called from the horn shaped pods), a horn.] A ge nus of plants, natural order Leguminosa, re mark able from the fact that the flowers lack the corolla. The only species is C. Sili qua, a native of the countries skirting the Mediterranean. The pods, often call. ed locust-beans, are supposed by some to have been the food of John the Branch of Carob-tree ( Ceratonia Siliqua ), Baptist in the wilwith flower and fruit. derne . They contain a sweet nutri tious pulp, are extensively used for feeding animals, and are sometimes fruiterers' shops. 895 a leaf.] The only genus of plants of the natural order Ceratophyllacea. Ceratophytat (sera-to-fi'tä), n. pl. [NL. (orig. Keratophyta -Cuvier, 1817), terida.