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Cocoa \Co"coa\, n. [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.
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{Cocoa shells}, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds
in preparing them for use.
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Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., 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.
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