Ceratonia siliqua harubh. "Ceratonia siliqua", the scientific name of the carob tree, derives from the Greek "kerátiοn" κεράτιον 'fruit of the carob (from "keras" κέρας 'horn'), and Latin "siliqua" 'pod, carob'. The unit "carat", used for weighing precious metal and stones, also comes from κεράτιον, as alluding to an ancient practice of weighing gold and gemstones against the seeds of the carob tree by people in the Middle East. The system was eventually standardized, and one carat was fixed at 0.2 grams. In late Roman times, the pure gold coin known as the "solidus" weighed 24 carat seeds (about 4.5 grams). As
Fourteen Carat Mind Osborne Brothers covered the song on their 1991 album "Hillbilly Fever". Fourteen Carat Mind "Fourteen Carat Mind" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and Larry Lee, and recorded by American country music artist Gene Watson. It was released in September 1981 as the first single from the album "Old Loves Never Die". "Fourteen Carat Mind" was Gene Watson's twentieth country hit and his only song to hit number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the Billboard country chart (though he has #1s on