The locust tree of the West Indies; also called algarroba in tropical regions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference

We set out early in the morning, and by mid-day reached the ravine of Paypote, where there is a tiny rill of water, with a little vegetation, and even a few algarroba trees, a kind of mimosa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference

They live chiefly upon fish and the fruit of the algarroba, a species of mesquit or honey-locust, but will eat anything that is not poisonous, even rats and grasshoppers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference

—We set out early in the morning, and by mid day reached the ravine of Paypote, where there is a tiny rill of water, with a little vegetation, and even a few algarroba trees, a kind of mimosa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter XVI] Reference

Their principal ceremony is in connection with the ripening of the algarroba, when the priests in fantastic dress go about the trees, dancing and singing at the top of their voices to the sound of a wooden drum, keeping up the din day and night.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference

(perhaps influenced by Old Spanish garroba or algarroba).    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

Zero and cipher both derive from sifr ` empty, 'for example; wazir has given us not only the transliterated wazir but also vizier and alguacil; carob, algarroba, and algarrobilla all derive from kharruba; jubbah, jibba, and jupe from jubbah; henna, alkanna, and alkanet from hinna; and crimson, carmine, alkermes, and kermes from qirmiz.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference

Suddenly there is a triangle — Sonny and Ida seem to be contriving to be together at parties, picnics, luaus, dances, dinners, outings, midnight swims, and rides home, and Lee Barton, perspicacious fellow, suspects his wife and Grandison are having an "affair," an especially poignant suspicion when he accidently sees them embracing among the night-blooming cereus, monkey pods, scarlet double-hibiscus and algarroba.    From Wordnik.com.  [“It was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.”] Reference