Cacao
Cacao is seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, 1550s, from Spanish cacao "the cocoa bean," an adaptation of Nahuatl (Aztecan) cacaua, root form of cacahuatl "bean of the cocoa-tree." It may also refer to:
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Plants
- Theobroma cacao, a tropical evergreen tree
- Cacao bean, the seed from the tree used to make chocolate
- Cacao paste, ground cacao beans. The mass is melted and separated into:
- Cocoa butter, a pale, yellow, edible fat; and
- Cocoa solids, the dark, bitter mass that contains most of cacao's notable phytochemicals, including caffeine and theobromine.
Places
- Cacao, French Guiana
- Cacao, Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Cacao, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
- Cacao Alto, Patillas, Puerto Rico
- Cacao Bajo, Patillas, Puerto Rico
- Hacienda Cacao, Yucatán, Mexico
Other uses
- Maria Cacao, a mountain goddess in the Philippines
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