cacao beans
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cacao beans — same as ↑cocoa beans (see under ↑cocoa). • • • Main Entry: ↑cacao … Useful english dictionary
cacao beans — какао бобы raw cacao beans сырые какао бобы slaty cacao beans какао бобы серого цвета smoky cacao beans придымленные какао бобы husked cacao beans какао бобы без оболочки purple cacao beans какао бобы пурпурной окраски … English-Russian travelling dictionary
cacao — [kə kā′ō, kəkä′ō] n. pl. cacaos [kə kā′ōz, kəkä′ōz, kə kou′ōz΄] [Sp < Nahuatl kakawaλ, cacao seed] 1. a tropical American tree (Theobroma cacao) of the sterculia family, bearing large, elliptical seedpods 2. the nutritious seeds (cacao beans)… … English World dictionary
cacao powder — cacao powder, the product obtained after pressing out a portion of the cacao butter from roasted and shelled cacao beans and pulverizing the resultant hard mass … Useful english dictionary
Cacao — taxobox name = Cacao image caption = Cacao tree with fruit pods regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Malvales familia = Malvaceae genus = Theobroma species = T. cacao binomial … Wikipedia
cacao — Prepared c., or cocoa, a powder prepared from the roasted cured kernels of the ripe seed of Theobroma c. Linné (family Sterculiaceae); the tree yields a fat, theobroma oil. SYN: theobroma. [native Mexican origin] c. oil SYN: theobroma oil. * * *… … Medical dictionary
cacao tree — noun tropical American tree producing cacao beans • Syn: ↑cacao, ↑chocolate tree, ↑Theobroma cacao • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑cacao bean … Useful english dictionary
cacao — /keuh kah oh, kay oh/, n., pl. cacaos. 1. a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc. 2. Also, cocoa. the fruit or seeds of this tree. [1545 55; < Sp < Nahuatl… … Universalium
cacao bean — noun seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate • Syn: ↑cocoa bean • Hypernyms: ↑cacao, ↑cacao tree, ↑chocolate tree, ↑Theobroma cacao • Substance Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Theobroma cacao — Assorted cacao fruits on the tree Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
