cacao

ca-cao · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The seeds of a tropical American tree from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made.

  2. 2.

    The tree (Theobroma cacao) that produces these seeds.

Forms

plural: cacaos

Related words

See also: chocolate, cocoa
Synonyms: cocoa bean

Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl cacahuatl, the Aztec name for the cacao bean.