garrofer

Catalan

Alternative forms

• garrover

Etymology

From garrofa (“carob fruit”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ɡə.ruˈfe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.roˈfe]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡə.ruˈfe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.roˈfeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ɡa.roˈfe]

Noun

garrofer m (plural garrofers)

1. carob (tree or bush)

   Synonym: garrofera

Further reading

• “garrofer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “garrofer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “garrofer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “garrofer”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)