[ kə'kα:əʊ , -'keɪəʊ ]
■ noun ( plural ~s )
1》 bean-like seeds from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made.
2》 the small tropical American evergreen tree that bears ~ seeds, which are contained in large oval pods growing on the trunk. [ Theobroma ~ .]
Origin
C16: via Sp. from Nahuatl cacaua .