cacao Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tropical American tree producing cacao beans
    Theobroma cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree.

WordNet

Ca*ca"o noun
Etymology
Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. Cocoa, Chocolate
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.

Webster 1913