cacao bean

American  

Or cocoa bean

noun

1. a seed of the cacao tree.

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Etymology

Origin of cacao bean

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

But it was silky and soothing, a balm for a throat scraped raw by jagged shards of cacao bean shells.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2015

Sloane also helped popularize the drinking of chocolate, made from the cacao bean, in England.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Each To’ak bar comes with a cacao bean in the center to remind you that chocolate comes from a tree—not a factory.

From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2014

Labels on gourmet chocolate bars often state where the beans came from and how much cacao bean is in the chocolate.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2014

It will be seen from the above analysis that the cacao bean is rich in fats, carbohydrates and protein, and that it contains small quantities of the two stimulants, theobromine and caffein.

From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Knapp, Arthur William