cacao

[ kuh-kah-oh, -key-oh ]

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.

Origin of cacao

1
First recorded in 1545–55; from Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuatl “cacao seeds”

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cacao

/ (kəˈkɑːəʊ, -ˈkeɪəʊ) /


noun
  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

  1. cacao butter another name for cocoa butter

Origin of cacao

1
C16: from Spanish, from Nahuatl cacauatl cacao beans

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