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cacao.

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈkaʊ/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈkɑː.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈkeɪ.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈkaʊ/General-American
  1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Cocoa (hot drink).

    countable · rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.

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