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cocoa

/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/
Meanings

  • A type of bean from which cocoa powder and chocolate are derived.

    - "The cocoa beans were roasted and ground into a fine powder."
    - "She added a tablespoon of cocoa powder to her morning smoothie."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/



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Synonyms

chocolate , drinking chocolate , hot chocolate
Rhymes
Words rhyming with cocoa
cocoa , chocoa , tsocoa , ocoa
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Cocoa (en) : A type of bean from which cocoa powder and chocolate are derived.

  2. Cocoa (es) : Un tipo de frijol de cuya pulpa se obtiene cacao en polvo y chocolate.

  3. Cocoa (fr) : Un type de grain de cacao à partir duquel on extrait du cacao en poudre et du chocolat.

Variants
List of all variants of cocoa that leads to same result
coco , cocoa , cocoas , cacao , cocoa bean , cocoa beans , cacao butter , cacao butters , cocoa butter , cocoa butters , hot cocoa
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'cocoa' originated from the Mayan word 'xocoatl', which means 'bitter water'. The Mayans used to prepare a drink from roasted cocoa beans, chili peppers, and water.

Trivia
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  1. Did you know that the ancient Mayans considered cocoa to be a gift from the gods? Or that during the 18th and 19th centuries, cocoa was used as a form of currency in some parts of Africa and the Caribbean?

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