cocoa

UK: /ˈkəʊkəʊ/ US: /ˈkoʊkoʊ/ ,(kō′kō)

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co•coa¹ /ˈkoʊkoʊ/   n. 

1. Plant Biology [uncountable] a powder made from cacao seeds.
2. Plant Biology cacao (def. 2).
3. Food [uncountable] a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water.
4. a serving of this beverage:
   [countable] I'll have two hot cocoas, please.

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co•coa¹  (kō′kō), n. 

1. a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
2. cacao (def. 2).
3. Food a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water.
4. brown;
   yellowish brown;
   reddish brown.

adj. 

5. of or pertaining to cocoa.
6. of the color of cocoa.

• earlier cocao, cacoa, variant of cacao 1700–10

co•coa²  (kō′kō), n. 

1. Plant Biology coco.

• misspelling of coco, by confusion with cocoa¹ 1545–55

Co•coa  (kō′kō), n. 

1. Place Names a city in E central Florida. 16,096.

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cocoa / ˈkəʊkəʊ/, cacao noun

1. a powder made from cocoa beans after they have been roasted, ground, and freed from most of their fatty oil
2. a hot or cold drink made from cocoa and milk or water
3. a light to moderate brown colour
4. (as adjective): cocoa paint

Etymology: 18th Century: altered from cacao