/kəˈkaʊ̯/, /kəˈkɑːəʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/
OriginFrom Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.
- countable, uncountableA tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- countable, uncountableThe seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.
- countable, rare, uncountableCocoa (hot drink).
“Therefore they left Port à Paix just as the first streaks of gray were appearing in the east, depending on a good hot cup of cacao and a couple of bananas to nourish them sufficiently until they could”
“Cacao was copiously used at their feasts, being colored with the red seeds of the achiote, or arnotto (Bixa orellana Linnæus), so that it resembled blood. At the festivals an intoxicating beer of corn”
““I wouldn’t mind something to drink,” Niko Daun said clearly. “You say you’ve got local cacao?” […] He set down the mug of cacao from which he’d been sipping with evident approval.”
- A barangay of Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines.
Formscacaos(plural)