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criollo|krɪˈɒləʊ|
[a. Sp. criollo native to the locality: see Creole.]
A variety of cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao, native to Central America; also, a name for high-quality cocoa or cocoa beans. Also attrib.
1908H. H. Smith Cacao Planting 39 Strong growing forastero or calabicillo, bearing the finest criollo beans. Ibid., Good buds from pure criollo stocks. 1929Encycl. Brit. V. 947/1 The finest type of bean the criollo, is grown in Venezuela, Ceylon, Java, Samoa, Madagascar and Nicaragua; but in Ceylon, and other places, criollo is being replaced by forastero. Ibid. XXIII. 52/1 There are two grades of Venezuelan cacao—the criollo or native, and the trinitario or Trinidad. 1955D. H. Urquhart Cocoa ii. 15 Cross-fertilization took place with the Criollo trees and when seedlings were raised from them they were no longer pure Criollo. Ibid. xiii. 156 Criollos and allied types were the cocoas with distinctive flavour. |