| 单词 | cacao plantation |
| 释义 | > as lemmascacao plantation C1. General attributive and objective, as cacao farm, cacao planter, cacao plantation, cacao seed, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [adjective] > of or relating to cocoa cacao1757 criollo1877 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > cacao plantation cocoa walk1670 cacao plantation1757 cacao walk1885 the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > planter planter1619 cacao planter1821 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > other farms home farm1749 city farm1750 county farm1785 factory farm1824 bird farm1842 provision farm1846 spade-farm1848 bush-farm1851 poor farm1852 sewage farm1870 cacao farm1871 mixed farm1872 vertical farm1897 prison farm1961 nuplex1968 1757 W. Burke Acct. European Settlem. Amer. II. vi. ii. 64 The cacao groves planted by the Spaniards began to fail. 1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies II. v. 305 At present I believe there is not a single cacao plantation from one end of Jamaica to the other. 1821 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 22 Mar. The sugar, coffee, and cacao planters will have abundant land. 1828 A. Abbot Let. May in Lett. Interior Cuba (1929) lxiii. 240 Each of these melons contains an ounce of cacao seeds dried for the market. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xvi. 283 Can nothing be done to increase the yield of the cacao-farms? 1892 Board of Trade Jrnl. May 601 The cacao crop of the past season..was the largest ever gathered. 1926 Econ. Geogr. 2 112/1 Since 1920 the prices have fallen radically, so that the cacao growers in Trinidad have been faced with ruin. 1979 A. Wendt Leaves of Banyan Tree xi. 103 The cacao crop was harvested, dried, and sold to a trading company in Apia. 1994 F. S. Weaver Inside Volcano 26 Cacao production and export..declined precipitously in the seventeenth century. 2012 A. Dermont Starboard Sea 146 In St. Lucia, we can visit our cacao plantation. < as lemmas |
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