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    CACAO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tropical American tree producing cacao beansplay

    Synonyms:

    cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("cacao" is a kind of...):

    angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cacao"):

    cacao bean; cocoa bean (seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate)

    Holonyms ("cacao" is a member of...):

    genus Theobroma; Theobroma (cacao plants)

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