cacao-tree
11cacao — is a seed pod (or its tree) from which cocoa and chocolate are made, and should not be confused with the word cocoa itself. Cacao comes from a Nahuatl (Native Central American) word …
12cacao — ► NOUN ▪ the bean like seeds of a tropical American tree, from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made. ORIGIN Nahuatl …
13cacao — Prepared c., or cocoa, a powder prepared from the roasted cured kernels of the ripe seed of Theobroma c. Linné (family Sterculiaceae); the tree yields a fat, theobroma oil. SYN: theobroma. [native Mexican origin] c. oil SYN: theobroma oil. * * *… …
14cacao — noun (plural cacaos) Etymology: Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuatl Date: 1555 1. the dried partly fermented fatty seeds of a South American evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao of the family Sterculiaceae) that are used in making cocoa, chocolate, and… …
15tree — Synonyms and related words: Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, balsam, banyan, bare pole, basswood, bay, bayberry, beech, betel palm, birch, block, bottle up,… …
16tree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant, sapling, scrub, shrub, bush; timber; whiffletree; stake; gibbet, gallows; family tree, pedigree, lineage. See vegetable, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Common types of trees include: ash, elm,… …
17cacao — ca•ca•o [[t]kəˈkɑ oʊ, ˈkeɪ oʊ[/t]] n. pl. ca•os 1) pln a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa and chocolate 2) pln Also, cocoa the fruit or seeds of this tree. • Etymology:… …
18cacao — /kəˈkeɪoʊ / (say kuh kayoh), / ˈkaoʊ/ (say kahoh) noun (plural cacaos) 1. a small evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, of the family Sterculiaceae, native to tropical America, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc. 2. the… …
19cacao — n. (pl. os) 1 a seed pod from which cocoa and chocolate are made. 2 a small widely cultivated evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, bearing these. Etymology: Sp. f. Nahuatl cacauatl (uatl tree) …
20cacao — [kə kα:əʊ, keɪəʊ] noun (plural cacaos) 1》 bean like seeds from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made. 2》 the small tropical American evergreen tree that bears cacao seeds, which are contained in large oval pods growing on the trunk.… …
