Definitions of Cacao [əˈkɑ oʊ, -ˈkeɪ oʊ]

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Definition of 'Cacao'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cacao
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa and chocolate.

Etymology: (1545–55; < Sp < Nahuatl cacahuatl)

Definition of 'Cacao'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao
tropical American tree producing cacao beans

Definition of 'Cacao'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Cacao
a small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared

Definition of 'Cacao'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Cacao
A tree of the family Sterculiaceae (or Byttneriaceae), usually Theobroma cacao, or its seeds, which after fermentation and roasting, yield cocoa and chocolate.

Translation of 'Cacao'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the tropical tree from whose seeds cocoa and chocolate are made.
Afrikaans: kakao	Arabic: شَجَرَةُ الكاكاو	Bulgarian: какаово дърво/зърно
Brazilian: cacau	Czech: kakaovník	German: der Kakaobaum
Danish: kakaotræ	Greek: κακαόδεντρο	Spanish: cacao
Estonian: kakaopuu	Farsi: درخت کاکائو	Finnish: kaakao
French: cacaotier	Hebrew: פּוֹל קָקָאוֹ	Hindi: कोको एक पौधा
Croatian: kakao	Hungarian: kakaóbab	Indonesian: coklat
Icelandic: kakótré	Italian: cacao	Japanese: カカオの木
Korean: 코코아 나무	Lithuanian: kakavamedis	Latvian: kakao
Malay: koko	Dutch: cacoaboom	Norwegian: kakaotre
Polish: kakaowiec	Persian: درخت کاکائو	Pashto: دحاره سيمې يوډول ونه چه د
Portuguese: cacau	Romanian: (arbore de) cacao	Russian: какаовое дерево
Slovak: kakaovník	Slovenian: kakavovec	Serbian: kakao
Thai: ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่งเมล็ดใช้ทำ	Turkish: kakao (ağacı)	Taiwanese: 可可樹
Ukrainian: какаове дерево	Urdu: منطقہ حارہ کا ایک درخت جس	Vietnamese: cây ca cao
Chinese: 可可树
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