cacao
pronunciation
How to pronounce cacao in British English:
UK [kəˈkaʊ]
How to pronounce cacao in American English:
US [kə'kaʊ]
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- Noun:
- tropical American tree producing cacao beans
Word Origin
- cacao (n.)
- seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, 1550s, from Spanish cacao, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) cacaua, root form of cacahuatl "bean of the cocoa-tree."
Example
- 1. European monarchs sipped concoctions made from venezuelan cacao .
- 2. In these tanks they store grated cacao .
- 3. Chocolate with more than 60 percent cacao will be too bitter .
- 4. Dark chocolate is produced by adding fat and sugar to the cacao mixture .
- 5. But those same workers produce what some consider the world 's best cacao .