Definition of Cocoa. Meaning of Cocoa. Synonyms of Cocoa

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Definition of Cocoa

Cocoa
Cocoa Co"coa (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm Co"coa palm` (p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.) A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). 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.
Cocoa
Cocoa Co"coa, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.] 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.

Meaning of Cocoa from wikipedia

- Look up Cocoa or cocoa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cocoa may refer to: Chocolate Theobroma cacao, the cocoa tree Cocoa bean, seed of Theobroma...
- Forms of the cocoa bean during production The cocoa bean, also known simply as cocoa (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/) or cacao (/kəˈkaʊ/), is the dried and fully fermented...
- Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring in other foods...
- CoCoA (Com****tions in Commutative Algebra) is a free computer algebra system developed by the University of Genova, Italy, used to compute with numbers...
- to produce cocoa nibs. About 54–58% of the cocoa nibs is cocoa butter. The cocoa nibs are ground to form cocoa m****, also known as cocoa liquor or chocolate...
- cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. Its seeds - cocoa beans - are used to make...
- Dry cocoa solids are the components of cocoa beans remaining after cocoa butter, the fatty component of the bean, is extracted from chocolate liquor, roasted...
- small orbs of corn and rice flavored with cocoa. Cocoa Puffs have the same shape as Kix and Trix cereal. Cocoa Puffs are sold in Canada, Latin America,...
- chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a heated drink consisting of shaved or melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water...
- processed cocoa, Dutch cocoa, or alkalized cocoa, is cocoa solids that have been treated with an alkalizing agent to reduce the natural acidity of cocoa, giving...