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cacao (iou)



cacao noun. Pl. -os. See also COCOA noun1. M16.
[Spanish from Nahuatl cacauatl, from uatl tree.]
The seed of the tree Theobroma cacao, native to tropical America, from which cocoa and chocolate are made. M16.
= COCOA noun1 2. Only in M17.
The tree itself. M18.
Comb.: cacao bean = sense 1 above; cacao butter fat extracted from the seeds of cacao or related trees, used esp. in confectionery manufacture; cacao tree = sense 2 above.