cacao

noun/kəˈkeɪoʊ/

Frequency rank: #14,860 most common English word

Meaning

a tropical tree whose seeds are used to make chocolate and cocoa.

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Example sentence

Chocolate is made from seeds of the cacao tree, which grows in tropical regions.

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