cacao /kəˈkou, , kəˈkaʊ 
, kəˈkāō, kəˈkeɪoʊ / ▸ noun (plural cacaos)
1 seeds from a small tropical American evergreen tree, from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made. 2 the tree that bears cacao seeds, which are contained in large, oval pods that grow on the trunk. It is now cultivated mainly in West Africa. Theobroma cacao, family
Sterculiaceae. – ORIGIN mid 16th century : via Spanish from Nahuatl cacaua.
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