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# cacao

noun (cacao — uncountable; a cacao tree, cacao beans)

«cacao» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cacao is a tropical tree whose seeds, called cacao beans or cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate and cocoa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#m1)
2. Cacao also means those beans or the raw powder made from them before much processing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons cacao is an example of a crop grown near the equator, in West Africa and South and Central America; the beans grow in big pods on the tree trunk. In history, the Maya and Aztecs made a bitter cacao drink. In food shops, «cacao» on a label usually means less processed than «cocoa».

### Examples

- Chocolate is made from cacao beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#x1)
- The cacao tree grows pods on its trunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#x2)
- Ghana and Ivory Coast grow lots of cacao. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#x3)
- The Aztecs drank bitter cacao with chilli. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#x4)
- Cacao beans are dried in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#x5)
- This bar has seventy per cent cacao. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#x6)
- Each cacao pod holds about forty beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced «kuh-KOW» or «kuh-KAY-oh». Cacao and cocoa are nearly the same; cocoa is the usual word for the powder and drink. Not the same as coconut or coca (a different plant).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cacao» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cacao/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cacao» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cacao.html) on Mova free.