Cacao vs. Cocoa

Cacaonoun

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

Cacaonoun

This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

Cacaonoun

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.

Cacaonoun

tropical American tree producing cacao beans

Cacaonoun

seeds from a small tropical American evergreen tree, from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made.

Cacaonoun

the tree that bears cacao seeds, which are contained in large, oval pods that grow on the trunk. It is now cultivated mainly in West Africa.

Cocoanoun

The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

Cocoanoun

An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.

Cocoanoun

(uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

Cocoanoun

(countable) A serving of this drink.

Cocoanoun

(countable) A light to medium brown colour.

Cocoanoun

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Cocoaadjective

Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

Cocoanoun

A tall palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera) as its fruit. It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. It is widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations as an ornamental tree.

Cocoanoun

A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.

Cocoanoun

a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

Cocoanoun

powder of ground roasted cocao beans with most of the fat removed