cacao
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oʊ, -ˈkeɪ noun, plural ca·ca·os.
1.
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
2.
Also, cocoa. the fruit or seeds of this tree.
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cacao (kəˈkɑːəʊ, -ˈkeɪəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, having yellowish flowers and reddish-brown seed pods from which cocoa and chocolate are prepared: family Sterculiaceae |
| 2. | cacao bean another name for cocoa bean |
| 3. | cacao butter another name for cocoa butter |
| [C16: from Spanish, from Nahuatl cacauatl cacao beans] | |
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| cocoa or cacao (ˈkəʊkəʊ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a powder made from cocoa beans after they have been roasted, ground, and freed from most of their fatty oil |
| 2. | a hot or cold drink made from cocoa and milk or water |
| 3. | a. a light to moderate brown colour |
| b. (as adjective): cocoa paint | |
| [C18: altered from | |
| cacao or cacao | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cacao
seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, 1550s, from Sp. cacao, from Nahuatl (Aztec) cacaua, root form of cacahuatl "bean of the cocoa-tree."
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Example sentences
First there was the native cacao tree, from whose fruit chocolate is made.
Freshly roasted cacao beans, mounded in burlap bags, await noisy grinding machines.
Hot chocolate is made from fresh cacao beans grounded on-site.
Bananas, cacao and bee-pollinated crops are all threatened with collapse in part because of their monoculture management.
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