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Webster 1913 Edition

cacao

ca-ca′o

,
Noun.
[Sp., fr. Mex.
kakahuatl
. Cf.
Cocoa
,
Chocolate
]
(Bot.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cacao

CACAO

or COCOA,
Noun.
The chocolate-tree, a species of the Theobroma, a native of the West Indies. This tree grows about twenty feet high, bearing pods which are oval and pointed. The nuts or seeds are numerous, and lodged in a white pithy substance.

Definition 2025

cacao

cacao

English

Cacao fruits on the tree

Noun

cacao ‎(plural cacaos)

  1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑˈkɑu̯/

Noun

cacao m ‎(uncountable)

  1. cocoa

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French

Etymology

From Spanish cacao

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ka.o/

Noun

cacao m ‎(plural cacaos)

  1. cocoa

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Italian

Noun

cacao m ‎(invariable)

  1. cocoa

Romanian

Noun

cacao f

  1. cocoa

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl ‎(“cacao bean”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ˈka.o/

Noun

cacao m ‎(plural cacaos)

  1. cacao tree
  2. cacao bean
  3. cocoa (bean, powder)

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Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈkɑːəʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰɑːəʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯əʊ̯]
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈkaʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯oʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰaʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯oʊ̯]

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