About The Word Cocoa
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Cocoa
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What's The Definition Of Cocoa?
[n] powder of ground roasted cocao beans with most of the fat removed
[n] made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar Synonyms | Synonyms for Cocoa: chocolate | hot chocolate Related Terms | Find terms related to Cocoa: See Also | beverage | cacao bean | cocoa | cocoa bean | criollo | drink | drinkable | food product | foodstuff | potable Cocoa In Webster's Dictionary \Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\
(p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm.
The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the
monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a
bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr.
koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind
of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.)
A palm tree producing the cocoanut ({Cocos nucifera}). It
grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of
sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has
a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty
feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in
clusters; the cocoanut tree.
\Co"coa\, n. [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. |
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