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CACAO BEAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate

Synonyms:

cacao bean; cocoa bean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao (tropical American tree producing cacao beans)

Holonyms ("cacao bean" is a substance of...):

chocolate (a food made from roasted ground cacao beans)

cocoa (powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed)

creme de cacao (sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans)

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