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CHOCOLATE TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree producing cacao beans
Synonyms:
cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chocolate 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 "chocolate tree"):
cacao bean; cocoa bean (seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate)
Holonyms ("chocolate tree" is a member of...):
genus Theobroma; Theobroma (cacao plants)