cocoa
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co·coa1 
[koh-koh] Pronunciation Key
[koh-koh] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed. |
| 2. | cacao (def. 2). |
| 3. | a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water. |
| 4. | brown; yellowish brown; reddish brown. |
| 5. | of or pertaining to cocoa. |
| 6. | of the color of cocoa. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| co·coa
(kō'kō) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Alteration (influenced by coco, coconut palm) of cacao.] co'coa adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cocoa
cocoa
1707, from Sp. cacao, from Nahuatl cacua, root form of cacahuatl "bean of the cocoa tree."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| cocoa | |
noun | |
| 1. | a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot |
| 2. | powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Cocoa Beach, FL (city, FIPS 13175) Location: 28.33548 N, 80.62692 W
Population (1990): 12123 (8266 housing units)
Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 26.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32931
Cocoa West, FL (CDP, FIPS 13225) Location: 28.35768 N, 80.76987 W
Population (1990): 6160 (2391 housing units)
Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Cocoa, FL (city, FIPS 13150) Location: 28.37700 N, 80.75017 W
Population (1990): 17722 (8248 housing units)
Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32922, 32926
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Cocoa
Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\ (p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.) A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Cocoa
Co"coa\, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.] A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells. Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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