cacao
A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
Other meanings
The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.
Cocoa hot drink.
Synonyms
- chocolate tree
A kind of
- flowering tree
Kinds of cacao
- cocoa bean
Word history
From Spanish "cacao".
Where this comes from
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