noun
seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate
• Syn: ↑cacao bean
• Hypernyms: ↑cacao, ↑cacao tree, ↑chocolate tree, ↑Theobroma cacao
• Substance Holonyms: ↑chocolate, ↑cocoa, ↑creme de cacao
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noun, pl ⋯ beans [count]
: the seed of a tropical tree (called the cacao) that is used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.