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co⋅coa

1  [koh-koh]
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–noun
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.
–adjective
5. of or pertaining to cocoa.
6. of the color of cocoa.
Origin:
1700–10; earlier cocao, cacoa, var. of cacao
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co⋅coa

2  [koh-koh]
–noun
coco.
Origin:
1545–55; misspelling of coco, by confusion with cocoa 1

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ca⋅ca⋅o

  [kuh-kah-oh, -key-oh]
–noun, plural -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.
Origin:
1545–55; < Sp < Nahuatl cacahuatl cacao seeds
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co·coa   (kō'kō)   
n.  

    1. A powder made from cacao seeds after they have been fermented, roasted, shelled, ground, and freed of most of their fat.

    2. A beverage made by mixing this powder with sugar in hot water or milk.

  2. A moderate brown to reddish brown.


[Alteration (influenced by coco, coconut palm) of cacao.]
co'coa adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

cocoa 
1707, from Sp. cacao, from Nahuatl cacua, root form of cacahuatl "bean of the cocoa tree."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ca·cao
Pronunciation: k&-'kau, k&-'kA-(")O
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cacaos
1 : the driedpartly fermented fatty seeds of a So. American evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao of the family Sterculiaceae) that are used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter called also cacaobean, cocoa bean
2 : a tree having small yellowish flowers followed by fleshy pods with many seeds that bear cacao called also chocolate tree

Main Entry: co·coa
Pronunciation: 'kO-(")kO
Function: noun
1 : CACAO 2
2 a : powdered ground roasted cacao beans from which a portion of the fat has been removed b : a beverage prepared by heating powdered cocoa with water or milk
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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