Definitions for cacaokəˈkɑ oʊ, -ˈkeɪ oʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca•ca•okəˈkɑ oʊ, -ˈkeɪ oʊ(n.)(pl.)-ca•os.
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa and chocolate.
Category: Plants
Category: Plants
Ref: Also, cocoa. 1 1
Origin of cacao:
1545–55; < Sp < Nahuatl cacahuatl
Princeton's WordNet
cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao(noun)
tropical American tree producing cacao beans
Wiktionary
cacao(Noun)
A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
cacao(Noun)
This tree's seed, the cocoa bean
Origin: Via , from cacahuatl.
Webster Dictionary
Cacao(noun)
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
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Cacao
A tree of the family Sterculiaceae (or Byttneriaceae), usually Theobroma cacao, or its seeds, which after fermentation and roasting, yield cocoa and chocolate.
Translations for cacao
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
cacao(noun)
the tropical tree from whose seeds cocoa and chocolate are made.
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- شَجَرَةُ الكاكاوArabic
- какаово дърво/зърноBulgarian
- cacauPortuguese (BR)
- kakaovníkCzech
- der KakaobaumGerman
- kakaotræDanish
- κακαόδεντροGreek
- cacaoSpanish
- kakaopuuEstonian
- درخت کاکائوFarsi
- kaakaoFinnish
- cacaotierFrench
- פּוֹל קָקָאוֹHebrew
- कोको एक पौधाHindi
- kakaoCroatian
- kakaóbabHungarian
- coklatIndonesian
- kakótréIcelandic
- cacaoItalian
- カカオの木Japanese
- 코코아 나무Korean
- kakavamedisLithuanian
- kakaoLatvian
- kokoMalay
- cacoaboomDutch
- kakaotreNorwegian
- kakaowiecPolish
- درخت کاکائوPersian
- دحاره سيمې يوډول ونه چه دهغې تخم دچايو په تو ګه او په چاكليټ كې استعماليږىPashto
- cacauPortuguese
- (arbore de) cacaoRomanian
- какаовое деревоRussian
- kakaovníkSlovak
- kakavovecSlovenian
- kakaoSerbian
- ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่งเมล็ดใช้ทำโกโก้หรือช็อคโกเลตThai
- kakao (ağacı)Turkish
- 可可樹Chinese (Trad.)
- какаове деревоUkrainian
- منطقہ حارہ کا ایک درخت جس کے بیجون سے کافی اور کوکو تیار کی جاتی ہے۔Urdu
- cây ca caoVietnamese
- 可可树Chinese (Simp.)
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