Definition of Cocoa
Co´coa
Pronunciation:
kō´kô
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A
tall
palm
tree
producing
the
cocoanut
(
Cocos
nucifera
)
as
its
fruit
.
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
.
It
is
widely
planted
throughout
the
tropics
,
and
in
some
locations
as
an
ornamental
tree
.
1.
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
.
Related Words
beverage
,
chocolate
,
drink
,
drinkable
,
drinking
chocolate
,
hot
chocolate
,
potable
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