cacao vs cocoa
cacao
Definitions
noun
- tropical American tree producing cacao beans
Examples
Late in the day, just after we had feasted on the fruits of a wild cacao, we came upon a three-toed sloth climbing slowly through the upper branches of a cecropia tree.
It introduces, maintains, characterizes, and evaluates germplasm collections of banana, plantain, sapodilla, mamey sapote, cacao, Garcinia, Annona, and bamboo.
But chocolate is manufactured from the cocoa plant Theobroma cacao, which literally translates as ‘food of the gods’.
cocoa
Definitions
noun
- powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
- a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
Examples
Stir in the sifted flour and cocoa powder.
As if a lentivirus from a genetically modified cocoa plant is going to implant a promoter in out cells that will lead to cancer.
The heraldic lion across the top is holding a cocoa pod.
