What does cocoa mean?
Definitions for cocoa
ˈkoʊ koʊco·coa
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Princeton's WordNet
cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolatenoun
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
cocoanoun
powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
Wiktionary
cocoanoun
the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made
cocoanoun
an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
cocoanoun
a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar
Do you like cocoa?
cocoanoun
a cup or mug of this drink
I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
cocoaadjective
of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder
Cocoanoun
an object-oriented programming API for Mac OS X
Etymology: Metathesis of cacao.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Cocoanoun
Cocoanoun
A species of palm-tree, cultivated in most of the inhabited parts of the East and West Indies; but thought a native of the Maldives. It is one of the most useful trees to the inhabitants of America. The bark of the nut is made into cordage, and the shell into drinking bowls. The kernel of the nut affords them a wholesome food, and the milk contained in the shell a cooling liquor. The leaves of the trees are used for thatching their houses, and are also wrought into baskets, and most other things that are made of osiers in Europe. Philip Miller
Etymology: cacaotal, Span.
The cacao or chocolate nut is a fruit of an oblong figure, much resembling a large olive in size and shape. It is composed of a thin but hard and woody coat or skin, of a dark blackish colour; and of a dry kernel, filling up its whole cavity, fleshy, dry, firm, and fattish to the touch, of a dusky colour, an agreeable smell, and a pleasant and peculiar taste. It was unknown to us ’till the discovery of America, where the natives not only drank the liquor made from the nuts, in the manner we do chocolate, but also used them as money. The tree is not very tall, but grows regularly, and is of a beautiful form, especially when loaded with its fruit. Its stem is of the thickness of a man’s leg, and but a few feet in height; its bark rough, and full of tubercles; and its leaves six or eight inches long, half as much in breadth, and pointed at the ends. The flowers stand on the branches, and even on the trunk of the tree, in clusters, each having its own pedicle, an inch and sometimes less in length: they are small, of a yellowish colour, and are succeeded by the fruit, which is large and oblong, resembling a cucumber, five, six, or eight inches in length, and three or four in thickness; and, when fully ripe, it is of a purple colour. Within the cavity of this fruit are lodged the cocoa nuts, usually about thirty in number. This tree flowers twice or three times in the year, and ripens as many series of fruits. John Hill, History of the Mat. Medica.
Amid’ those orchards of the sun,
Give me to drain the cocoa ’s milky bowl,
And from the palm to draw its freshening wine. James Thomson.
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cocoa
Cocoa refers to a powder derived from cacao beans, that have been fermented, dried, roasted and ground, often used in making chocolates and baking. It can also refer to a hot beverage made from this cocoa powder mixed with sugar and milk. In a broader sense, it could also refer to the cacao tree from which the beans come. The term "cocoa" is often used interchangeably with "cacao," especially in different regions and languages.
Webster Dictionary
Cocoa
alt. of Cocoa palm
Cocoanoun
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
Etymology: [Corrupted fr. cacao.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cocoa
kō′kō, n. the seed of the cacao or chocolate tree: a beverage made from the seeds crushed and ground. [A corr. of Cacao.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cocoa in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cocoa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of cocoa in a Sentence
My plantation is 30-years-old. In the beginning I got 15 to 17 tonnes of cocoa, but disease has lowered that to seven or eight.
We believe cooperatives are the best driver, it starts with ... GPS mapping the farmers, then making sure we can trace where (the cocoa) comes from and how we can prove it comes from there.
The idea of being attracted to palatable foods in moments of stress is well described, for example chocolate, but this reflects the temperature at which it melts, the flavor of cocoa, mouth feel and a mixture of fat and sugar.
We believe that any U.S. ban on cocoa imports from (Ivory Coast) will hurt, not help, it could push millions of poor farmers deeper into poverty, even though the vast majority of them are innocent of such practices.
The guy in Saudi Arabia, with one push of a button he can slow down production and reduce supply to the market. But you cannot switch off cocoa production.
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- كاكاوArabic
- кака́оBulgarian
- kakaový bob, kakaoCzech
- kakao, kakaopulver, chokoladeDanish
- Kakaopulver, Kakao, KakaobohneGerman
- σοκολάτα, κακάο, φασόλι κακάο, καστανοκίτρινοςGreek
- cacao, cacao en polvoSpanish
- kakaopruun, kakao, kakaopulberEstonian
- کاکائوPersian
- kaakaonvärinen, kaakaojauhe, kaakaoFinnish
- poudre de cacao, cacaoFrench
- còcoScottish Gaelic
- אבקת קקאו, קקאוHebrew
- kakaóHungarian
- kakaoIndonesian
- cacaoItalian
- קָקָאוֹHebrew
- ホットチョコレート, ココア, ココア色, カカオJapanese
- 핫초코, 갈색, 카카오, 코코아Korean
- кака́ови зрна, кака́оMacedonian
- cacaopoeder, cacaoDutch
- kakaoNorwegian
- gohwééh hashtłʼishíNavajo, Navaho
- kakao, kakaowyPolish
- chocolate, [[cacau]] [[em pó]], chocolate quente, [[semente]] [[de]] [[cacau]]Portuguese
- cacao, pulbere de cacaoRomanian
- кака́о, какао, [[кака́о]] [[порошо́к]]Russian
- kakaoSlovak
- kakao, kakaoböna, kakaobrunt, choklad, kakaopulver, kakaobrunSwedish
- kakaoTurkish
- 可可Chinese
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