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
The Pure Gold Baby Novelist Meg Wolitzer, in an NPR review, wrote that "It's definitely a low-key novel, and slightly remote, but it's also original and ultimately really affecting. I found a kind of somber bravery in the story of this unwavering, intelligent woman and her guileless and beautiful child." The Pure Gold Baby The Pure Gold Baby is British novelist Margaret Drabble's 19th novel, first published in 2013. The novel was her first novel to be published in seven years, following "The Sea Lady". In 2009, Drabble had pledged not to write fiction again, for fear of "repeating herself." The novel follows an