cacao

Etymology

From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of cocoa.

noun

  1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

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