cacao

  • 11Cacao — Cacao, Frucht des Cacaobaums (theobroma cacao) in Südamerika, der dort oft ganze Wälder bildet und beständig Früchte trägt, die jedoch nur zwei Mal im Jahr, im Juni und im Winter, gesammelt werden. Die gurken oder melonenförmige Frucht ist… …

    Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • 12Cacao — Cacao, PR U.S. comunidad in Puerto Rico Population (2000): 2068 Housing Units (2000): 663 Land area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles (1.689452 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles… …

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  • 13Cacao, PR — U.S. comunidad in Puerto Rico Population (2000): 2068 Housing Units (2000): 663 Land area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles (1.689452 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.652301 sq. miles (1.689452 sq. km) …

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  • 14cacao — CACAO. s. m. Sorte d amande enfermée dans une gousse, qui estant rotie & mise en paste, fait le principal ingredient de la composition appellée Chocolate. Cacao des Indes. balle de cacao …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 15cacao — ca*ca o, n. [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. {Cocoa}, {Chocolate}] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree ({Theobroma Cacao}) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16cacao — (n.) seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, 1550s, from Sp. cacao, from Nahuatl (Aztec) cacaua, root form of cacahuatl bean of the cocoa tree …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 17cacao — is a seed pod (or its tree) from which cocoa and chocolate are made, and should not be confused with the word cocoa itself. Cacao comes from a Nahuatl (Native Central American) word …

    Modern English usage

  • 18Cacao — Cacao, das aus den Samenkernen des C.baumes bereitete Getränk. welches häufig, insbesondere von den Homöopathen zum Stellvertreter des Kasse als gewöhnliches Getränk empfohlen und auch von vielen mit Vorliebe getrunken wird, übrigens immer nur… …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 19cação — s. m. 1. Espécie de peixe seláceo. 2.  [Plebeísmo] Meretriz.   ‣ Etimologia: caçar + ão …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 20cacao — ► NOUN ▪ the bean like seeds of a tropical American tree, from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made. ORIGIN Nahuatl …

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