cacao

Noun

Meaning

A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

chocolate tree cacao tree theobroma cacao muscat berry huckleberry coco citron chestnut fruit cherry kumquat lingonberry quince dewberry
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Hypernyms

angiospermous tree flowering tree

Hyponyms

cocoa bean cacao bean

Related terms

cocoa creme de cacao

Phrases with the word

theobroma cacao cacao liquor cacao mass cacao paste cacao solids cacao milk

Examples

Abidjan and Accra only began to work together seriously in 2019, when they obtained a living wage premium from cocoa and chocolate multinationals such as Nestle of $400 (341 euros) per tonne of cacao beans. Source: Internet

A few years thereafter, in 1828, he created a press to remove about half the natural fat ( cocoa butter or cacao butter) from chocolate liquor, which made chocolate both cheaper to produce and more consistent in quality. Source: Internet

Also featured in the pavilion are banana chips, cacao chips and muscovado sugar. Source: Internet

As in the Yucatán, fermented corn is drunk as a beverage called pozol, but here it is usually flavored with all-natural cacao. Source: Internet

A sweet harvest: The Tokyo Cacao team holds up cacao pods from its farm on Hahajima island. Source: Internet

After peeling the toasted cacao seeds and grinding them into an aromatic paste, end the excursion with a selection of treats made from our organic chocolate. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Cacalia Cacalia javanica Cacalia lutea cacao bean cacao bean plant cacao bean tree