Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cacao"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cacao \Ca*ca"o\, n. [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. {Cocoa},
{Chocolate}] (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cacao
n 1: tropical American tree producing cacao beans [syn: {cacao
tree}, {chocolate tree}, {Theobroma cacao}]
2: seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of
chocolate [syn: {cocoa bean}]
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