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 Meaning of THEOBROMA
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  cacao plants |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | genus Theobroma |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, dilleniid dicot genus, family Sterculiaceae, sterculia family, Sterculiaceae, Theobroma cacao |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \The`o*bro"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a god + ? food, fr.
? to eat: cf. F. th['e]obrome.] (Bot.)
A genus of small trees. See {Cacao}.
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