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[syn: cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cacao \ca*ca"o\, n. [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. Cocoa,
Chocolate] (Bot.)
A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America
and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp,
inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which
cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.
[1913 Webster] Cachaemia
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cacao
n 1: tropical American tree producing cacao beans [syn: cacao,
cacao tree, chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Cacao, PR -- U.S. comunidad in Puerto Rico
Population (2000): 2068
Housing Units (2000): 663
Land area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles (1.689452 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles (1.689452 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10048
Located within: Puerto Rico (PR), FIPS 72
Location: 18.440526 N, 66.938714 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cacao, PR
Cacao