CACAO TREE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Tropical American tree producing cacao beans

Synonyms:

cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cacao tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cacao tree"):

cacao bean; cocoa bean (seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate)

Holonyms ("cacao tree" is a member of...):

genus Theobroma; Theobroma (cacao plants)