chocolate tree

American  

noun

1. cacao.

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Etymology

Origin of chocolate tree

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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chocolate tree

Oh, you board the ship when the sun goes down, And over a gentle sea You slip away from the noisy town To the land of the chocolate tree.

From Just Folks by Guest, Edgar A. (Edgar Albert)

And there is n't a chocolate tree in the whole of the garden; did you ever know such a stupid garden?

From All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories by Sharp, Evelyn

The Amazons region is the original home of the principal species of chocolate tree, the Theobroma cacao; and it grows in abundance in the forests of the upper river.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

The cacao or chocolate tree grows in a number of the West India Islands, but in none of them is it cultivated to such an extent as in Santo Domingo.

From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Schoenrich, Otto

Cocoa, kō′kō, n. the seed of the cacao or chocolate tree: a beverage made from the seeds crushed and ground.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various