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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cocoa \Co"coa\, noun [Corrupted fr. cacao.] A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.
{Cocoa shells}, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use. coconut
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), noun, Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm'\ (k[=o]"k[-o] p[aum]m')[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko'i:x, ko'i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.) A tall palm tree producing the cocoanut ({Cocos nucifera}) as its fruit. It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. It is widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations as an ornamental tree.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot [syn: {cocoa}, {chocolate}, {hot chocolate}, {drinking chocolate}]
2: powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
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