CACAO TREE
Dictionary entry overview: What does cacao tree mean? • CACAO TREE (noun)
The noun CACAO TREE has 1 sense:
1. tropical American tree producing cacao beans
Familiarity information: CACAO TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CACAO TREE (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical American tree producing cacao beans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao
Hypernyms ("cacao tree" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cacao tree"):
cacao bean; cocoa bean (seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate)
Holonyms ("cacao tree" is a member of...):
genus Theobroma; Theobroma (cacao plants)
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