Theobroma cacao
Categorias: Medicina da Floresta Amazônica, Medicina Ayurvédica, Óleo Essencial, Alimentos, Medicina Homeopática, Planta Medicinal, Petróleo, Pó, Chá, Tintura, Medicina Tradicional Africana, Medicina Tradicional Chinesa
Cacao (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈkɑːəʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯əʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰɑːəʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯əʊ̯]
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈkaʊ̯/, /kəˈkeɪ̯oʊ̯/, [kəˈkʰaʊ̯], [kəˈkʰeɪ̯oʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aʊ
Noun
cacao (countable and uncountable, plural cacaos)
- A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.
Derived terms
- Cacao yellow mosaic virus
