cacao bean
or cocoa bean
noun
a seed of the cacao tree.
Origin of cacao bean
1First recorded in 1830–40
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How to use cacao bean in a sentence
When the cocoa beans are roasted, their shells crack to expose the nib, which is then ground into a thick paste.
Much like coffee beans, cocoa beans are sold by commodity markets.
It has a large fruit, within which are the numerous cocoa beans, "nibs," or seeds.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott ElliotAt the piers will be noticed bags of coffee and cocoa beans, great quantities of rubber and piles of hides.
Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. NicholsThey do not pass as money, as with these Spaniards, for our currency is composed of maize and cocoa-beans.
Roger the Bold | F. S. Brereton
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