noun
seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
• Syn: ↑cocoa bean
• Hypernyms: ↑cacao, ↑cacao tree, ↑chocolate tree, ↑Theobroma cacao
• Substance Holonyms: ↑chocolate, ↑cocoa, ↑creme de cacao
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nounsee cacao 1
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a seed of the cacao tree.
Also, cocoa bean.
[1830-40]
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cacao bean,
the seed of the cacao. Also, cocoa bean.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.