What is another word for cacao?

Pronunciation: [kˈaka͡ʊ] (IPA)

Cacao is a rich and versatile ingredient used in a variety of cuisines all around the world. However, sometimes you may want to mix things up by using a synonym instead of the word "cacao". Luckily, there are several words you can use to describe this delicious ingredient. Some synonyms for cacao include cocoa, chocolate, cacaoyer, and Theobroma cacao. Each of these words describes the same ingredient, and can be used interchangeably in recipes. So, if you're in the mood to experiment with different words while cooking or baking, try using one of these synonyms for cacao!

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  • Equivalence

    • Proper noun, singular
      cocoa.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      cocoa.

What are the hypernyms for Cacao?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • hypernyms for cacao (as nouns)

    • plant
      cocoa bean, cacao bean.

What are the hyponyms for Cacao?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the holonyms for Cacao?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Cacao

There is no copper money in Yucatan, nor any coin whatever under a medio, or six and a quarter cents, and this deficiency is supplied by these grains of cacao.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
As the earnings of the Indians are small, and the articles they purchase are the mere necessaries of life, which are very cheap, these grains of cacao, or fractional parts of a medio, are the coin in most common use among them.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
When the Spaniards first made their way into the interior of Yucatan, they found no circulating medium, either of gold, or silver, or any other species of metal, but only grains of cacao; and it seemed a strange circumstance, that while the manners and customs of the Indians have undergone an immense change, while their cities have been destroyed, their religion dishonoured, their princes swept away, and their whole government modified by foreign laws, no experiment has yet been made upon their currency.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens

Famous quotes with Cacao

  • Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top. No wonder it costs so much.
    Sarah Vowell

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