1.
[syn: cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate]
2. powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds
in preparing them for use.
[1913 Webster] coconut
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\
(k[=o]"k[-o] 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 tall palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera) as
its fruit. 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. It is
widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations
as an ornamental tree.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cocoa
n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;
usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, hot
chocolate, drinking chocolate]
2: powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat
removed
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Cocoa, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 16412
Housing Units (2000): 8064
Land area (2000): 7.458820 sq. miles (19.318255 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.064925 sq. miles (5.348130 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.523745 sq. miles (24.666385 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13150
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.369334 N, 80.743779 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 32922 32926
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cocoa, FL
Cocoa