Cacao

Word CACAO
Character 5
Hyphenation ca ca o
Pronunciations /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/

Definitions and meanings of "Cacao"

What do we mean by cacao?

An evergreen tropical American tree (Theobroma cacao) having leathery, ellipsoid, ten-ribbed fruits borne on the trunks and older branches. noun

The seed of this plant, used in making chocolate, cocoa, and cocoa butter. noun

The chocolate-tree, Theobroma Cacao, natural order Sterculiaceæ. 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. noun

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

This tree's seed, the cocoa bean noun

Tropical American tree producing cacao beans noun

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

This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

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The word "cacao" in example sentences

a brief survey of the history of cocoa and chocolate, I shall begin with the growing of the cacao bean, and follow the _cacao_ in its career until it becomes the finished product ready for consumption. ❋ Arthur William Knapp (N/A)

Vinson said chocolate was given the name cacao, meaning "food of the gods." ❋ Unknown (2009)

After dinner a small piece of cheesecake made with real cacao is just perfect. ❋ Unknown (2007)

(Only 5-10% of the world's cacao is good quality Criollo, or higher grade Trinitario, mostly single estate specialists.) ❋ Unknown (2006)

Frequently hand-ground, cacao is combined with almonds, cinnamon and other ingredients to make what is generally acknowledged as the best chocolate in Mexico. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Although high in cacao, it retains an almost milk chocolate richness that imparts a creamy mouthfeel. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I still haven't, ... architect, will make the place look like a walk-in cacao pod. i will soon probably also look like a walk-in cacao ... part as you will. ❋ Suricattus (2004)

Among other beverages which have from time to time been produced from the cacao was a fermented drink much in vogue at the Mexican Court, to which it appears from the accounts of the conquest that Montezuma was addicted, as "after the hot dishes (300 in number) had been removed, every now and then was handed to him a golden pitcher filled with a kind of liquor made from cacao, which is very exciting." ❋ Brandon Head (N/A)

In old manuscripts the word cacao is spelled in all manner of ways, but ❋ Arthur William Knapp (N/A)

The Aztecs prepared it as a hot, frothy, non-sweet, beverage that they thought had obroma cacao, is Greek for "food of the gods." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The seeds are found inside a fruit that is commonly referred to as cacao pods, which weigh about one pound when ripe. ❋ Karla Heintz (2010)

Many years ago the word cacao was misspelled in English as cocoa. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the first -- _cacau_, _cacauak_, or _cacauche_, the "cacao" -- we see Landa's letter _Ca_, which is doubled in each of the three forms taken from the different codices. ❋ Cyrus Thomas (1867)

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