Meaning of CACAO
| Pronunciation: | | ku'keyow
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| | Definition: | | [n] tropical American tree producing cacao beans |
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| | Synonyms: | | cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao |
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| | See Also: | | angiospermous tree, cacao bean, cocoa bean, flowering tree, genus Theobroma, Theobroma | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ca*ca"o\, n. [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. {Cocoa},
{Chocolate}] (Bot.)
A small evergreen tree ({Theobroma Cacao}) of South America
and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp,
inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which
cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.
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