cacao

«cacao» in Mova's school dictionary: a tropical tree whose seeds, called cacao beans or cocoa… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (cacao — uncountable; a cacao tree, cacao beans)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cacao is a tropical tree whose seeds, called cacao beans or cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate and cocoa. tree →

2) Cacao also means those beans or the raw powder made from them before much processing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons cacao is an example of a crop grown near the equator, in West Africa and South and Central America; the beans grow in big pods on the tree trunk. In history, the Maya and Aztecs made a bitter cacao drink. In food shops, «cacao» on a label usually means less processed than «cocoa».

examples

• Chocolate is made from cacao beans. tree →
• The cacao tree grows pods on its trunk. tree →
• Ghana and Ivory Coast grow lots of cacao. tree →
• The Aztecs drank bitter cacao with chilli. tree →
• Cacao beans are dried in the sun. tree →
• This bar has seventy per cent cacao. tree →
• Each cacao pod holds about forty beans. tree →

note

Pronounced «kuh-KOW» or «kuh-KAY-oh». Cacao and cocoa are nearly the same; cocoa is the usual word for the powder and drink. Not the same as coconut or coca (a different plant).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cacao» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.