cocoa

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  1. noun A powder made from cacao seeds after they have been fermented, roasted, shelled, ground, and freed of most of their fat.
  2. noun A beverage made by mixing this powder with sugar in hot water or milk.
  3. noun A moderate brown to reddish brown.

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  • Aileen. I would be content to wear cotton and drink coffee or cocoa--which latter I hate--if we only got rid of pirates Even cotton, coffee, and cocoa are imported, I fear," suggested Aileen Then I'd wear wool and drink water--anything for peace. —  Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters
  • It is the custom of that house, at the first visit or introduction, to take up war freedom, by cracking his nut, as he terms it; that is, a cocoa-shell, which holds a pint, filled with champagne, or such other sort of wine as you shall chuse. —  Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.
  • For dessert they had saucers of blueberries and cups of cocoa, and some cake and doughnuts, which Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Horton had contributed to the feast As they were resting after dinner, Mrs. Carter read a story aloud to them. —  Peggy in Her Blue Frock
  • This tree is called the cocoa-tree Still better known and more popular is another drink--coffee. —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
  • Presumably the sun was up, though the east showed as lifeless and unpromising as any other quarter of the heavens A detailed investigation of the commissariat department--revealing a serious shortage of tea, cocoa, and rice, to say nothing of minor essentials--proved no less discouraging than the aspect of earth and sky. —  The Great Amulet
 

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  1. Alteration (influenced by coco, coconut palm) of cacao.

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  1. A corruption of cacao, by confusion with cocoa, coco.
 

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/ˈkoʊkoʊ/
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