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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•ca•o /kəˈkɑoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -os. - Plant Biologya small tropical American evergreen tree grown for its seeds, the source of cocoa and chocolate.
- Plant BiologyAlso, cocoa. the fruit or seeds of this tree.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•ca•o (kə kä′ō, -kā′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ca•os. - Plant Biologya small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- Plant BiologyAlso, cocoa. the fruit or seeds of this tree.
- Nahuatl cacahuatl cacao seeds
- Spanish
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cacao /kəˈkɑːəʊ -ˈkeɪəʊ/ n - a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, having yellowish flowers and reddish-brown seed pods from which cocoa and chocolate are prepared: family Sterculiaceae
- cacao bean ⇒
another name for cocoa bean - cacao butter ⇒
another name for cocoa butter
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish, from Nahuatl cacauatl cacao beans co•coa1 /ˈkoʊkoʊ/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[uncountable] a powder made from cacao seeds.
- Plant Biology cacao (def. 2).
- Food[uncountable] a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water.
- a serving of this beverage:[countable]I'll have two hot cocoas, please.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•coa1 (kō′kō),USA pronunciation n. - a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- cacao (def. 2).
- Fooda beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water.
- brown;
yellowish brown;
reddish brown.
adj. - of or pertaining to cocoa.
- of the color of cocoa.
- earlier cocao, cacoa, variant of cacao 1700–10
- Plant Biologycoco.
- misspelling of coco, by confusion with cocoa1 1545–55
- Place Namesa city in E central Florida. 16,096.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cocoa /ˈkəʊkəʊ/, cacao n - a powder made from cocoa beans after they have been roasted, ground, and freed from most of their fatty oil
- a hot or cold drink made from cocoa and milk or water
- a light to moderate brown colour
- (as adjective): cocoa paint
Etymology: 18th Century: altered from cacao |