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Noun: cacao  ku'kaw or ku'key-ow
  1. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans
    - cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao
     
  2. Powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
    - cocoa
     
  3. A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
    - cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate

Derived forms: cacaos

Type of: angiospermous tree, beverage, drink, drinkable, flowering tree, food product, foodstuff, potable

Part of: genus Theobroma, Theobroma

Encyclopedia: Cacao, Maria