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tropical American tree producing cacao beans

tropical American tree producing cacao beans

A tree of the family Sterculiaceae (or Byttneriaceae), usually Theobroma cacao, or its seeds, which after fermentation and roasting, yield cocoa and chocolate.

Tropical plant that affords chocolate.

Cacao tree; found wild in tropical America and cultivated in most tropical countries, especially Venezuela, for its seeds, which yield oil of t. and when ground, flavored, and sweetened, constitute chocolate. [Gr.]