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Webster 1913 Edition

Cocoa

Co′coa

,
Noun.
[Corrupted fr.
cacao
.]
A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.
Cocoa shells
,
the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cocoa

COCOA

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Noun.
A tree belonging to the genus Cocos, of the order of Palmae; and the fruit or nut of the tree. This tree grows in the warm climates of both the Indies. It rises to the highth of 60 feet, and the stem is like an apothecarys pestle, of equal thickness at the ends, but somewhat smaller in the middle. The bark is smooth, of a pale brown color, and the tree often leans to one side. The leaves or branches are 14 or 15 feet long, about 28 in number, winged, of a yellow color, straight and tapering. The nuts hang in clusters of a dozen each, on the top of the tree. The husk of this nut consists of strong, tough, stringy filaments, resembling coarse oakum. This covers a hard shell, which contains a white kernel that is wholesome food, and a liquor which is a cooling beverage.

Definition 2024

Cocoa

Cocoa

See also: cocoa

English

Proper noun

Cocoa

  1. (computing) an object-oriented programming API for Mac OS X

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cocoa

cocoa

See also: Cocoa

English

Pronunciation

Noun

cocoa ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cocoas)

  1. (uncountable) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made
  2. (uncountable) an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  3. (uncountable) a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar
    Do you like cocoa?‎
  4. (countable) a cup or mug of this drink
    I like to watch TV with a cocoa.‎
  5. (countable) a light to medium brown colour
    cocoa colour:    
Quotations

A Food Lover's Companion by Evan Jones (Harper & Row, 1979) includes this poem by Stanley J. Sharpless:

Half past nine - high time for supper;
Cocoa, love? Of course, my dear.
Helen thinks it quite delicious,
John prefers it now to beer....
For they've stumbled on the secret
Of a love that never wanes,
Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes,
Cocoa coursing through their veins.
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Adjective

cocoa ‎(not comparable)

  1. of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder
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See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Etymology 2

By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

Noun

cocoa

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of coco.

Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koko(w)a/

Verb

cocoa

  1. (transitive) To hurt.
  2. (reflexive) To be ill.

Related terms

  • cocoya

References

  • Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 87, 119, 231, 242

Spanish

Noun

cocoa f ‎(plural cocoas)

  1. cocoa

Etymology

From Spanish cacao (from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl), by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.

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