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Meaning of THEOBROMA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  cacao plants
 
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 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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