chocolate tree

American  

noun

1. cacao.

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Etymology

Origin of chocolate tree

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Inside the hut are shelves packed with Le Cirque chocolates, marzipan horses, holiday glitter, chocolate tree ornaments, Châteauneuf-du-Pape tea towels, cookbooks — Zoe Nathan's "Huckleberry," for example — and boxes of festive Christmas crackers.

From Los Angeles Times

But the delicate “chocolate tree,” Theobroma cacao, is in peril.

From Scientific American

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

From Project Gutenberg

She jumped down from the chocolate tree as she spoke, and danced round Honey, clapping her hands with excitement.

From Project Gutenberg

He kindly gave me a quantity of young tea-plants and chocolate trees.

From Project Gutenberg