cacao
n
1 a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, having yellowish flowers and reddish-brown seed pods from which cocoa and chocolate are prepared: family Sterculiaceae
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cacao bean another name for →
cocoa bean
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cacao butter another name for →
cocoa butter
(C16: from Spanish, from Nahuatl cacauatl cacao beans)