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COCOA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("cocoa" is a kind of...):
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Meronyms (substance of "cocoa"):
cacao bean; cocoa bean (seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cocoa"):
criollo (cocoa of superior quality)
Holonyms ("cocoa" is a substance of...):
chocolate; cocoa; drinking chocolate; hot chocolate (a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
Synonyms:
chocolate; cocoa; drinking chocolate; hot chocolate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("cocoa" is a kind of...):
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
Meronyms (substance of "cocoa"):
cocoa (powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed)
Context examples:
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Granada (UGR) in Spain, has successfully isolated a bioactive compound present in cocoa bean extract that has proven effective in combatting skeletal diseases such as achondroplasia.
(Scientists identify bioactive compounds in cacao pods to develop drugs to combat skeletal disorders, University of Granada)
Cocoa beans naturally differ in their flavanol levels.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
White chocolate, in contrast, contains no cocoa solids at all.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Processing can extract 2 main components from cocoa beans: cocoa solids and cocoa butter.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Powdered cocoa is made using the solids.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The chocolate we tend to eat, on the other hand, is made from cocoa beans that are roasted and processed in various other ways, and then combined with ingredients like whole milk.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But Kuna cocoa is a far cry from the chocolate that most Americans eat.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The Kuna make a drink with dried and ground cocoa beans (the seeds of the cocoa tree) along with a little added sweetener.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
“What was particularly striking about their environment was the amount of cocoa they consume, which was easily 10 times more than most of us would get in a typical day,” says Dr. Brent M. Egan, a researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina who studies the effect of chocolate on blood pressure.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
