| 单词 | cocoa tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascocoa tree cocoa tree = cacao tree n. at cacao n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > cocoa-bean > cocoa plant cacao1604 cacao tree1640 cocoa1670 chocolate1688 chocolate tree1688 cocoa tree1698 Theobroma1760 cacao bush1839 forastero1858 criollo1955 1698 tr. C. de Acuña Relation Great River Amazons xxxii. 77 in Voy. & Discov. S.-Amer. i The second thing is the Coco-tree [Sp. cacao], which serves for the Composition of Chocolat; with these the Banks of the River are covered. 1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World v. 89 The Cocoa-Tree is small, and the Nut or Kernel bigger than an Almond. 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain III. 23 The cultivation of the cocoa-tree..had already made considerable progress in Mexico in the time of Montezuma. 1979 E. Lovelace Dragon can't Dance iii. 39 Leaving the tall immortelle and the dying bananas and the cocoa trees with pods small as grains of pigeon peas. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees xiii. 324 Flies including midges are the prime pollinators of many a plant, including many a tree—and including the cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao. < as lemmas |
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