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cocoa
(encz) | cocoa,kakao |
cocoa
(encz) | cocoa,kakaovník Pavel Cvrček |
Cocoa
(gcide) | Cocoa \Co"coa\, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.]
A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and
used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa
or cocoa shells.
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Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds
in preparing them for use.
[1913 Webster] coconut |
Cocoa
(gcide) | Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\
(k[=o]"k[-o] p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also,
cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given
from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco
a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however,
Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a
kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.)
A tall palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera) as
its fruit. It grows in nearly all tropical countries,
attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is
without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each
being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of
these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. It is
widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations
as an ornamental tree.
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cocoa
(wn) | cocoa
n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;
usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, {hot
chocolate}, drinking chocolate]
2: powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat
removed |
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cocoa
(encz) | cocoa,kakao cocoa,kakaovník Pavel Cvrček |
cocoa bean
(encz) | cocoa bean, n: |
cocoa butter
(encz) | cocoa butter,kakaové máslo Pavel Cvrčekcocoa butter,kakaový tuk Pavel Cvrček |
cocoa palm
(encz) | cocoa palm, n: |
cocoa plum
(encz) | cocoa plum, n: |
cocoa powder
(encz) | cocoa powder, n: |
cocoanut
(encz) | cocoanut,kokos n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cocoa palm
(gcide) | Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\
(k[=o]"k[-o] p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also,
cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given
from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco
a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however,
Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a
kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.)
A tall palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera) as
its fruit. It grows in nearly all tropical countries,
attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is
without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each
being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of
these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. It is
widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations
as an ornamental tree.
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Cocoa plum
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
[PJC]
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
[1913 Webster]Nectarine \Nec`tar*ine"\ (n[e^]k`t[~e]r*[=e]n"), n. [Cf. F.
nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.)
A smooth-skinned variety of peach.
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Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian
tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; -- also called cocoa plum.
It is made into a sweet conserve which is largely exported
from Cuba.
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cocoa plum
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
[1913 Webster]
The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
[1913 Webster]
3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
[1913 Webster]
4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
[PJC]
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
[1913 Webster]Nectarine \Nec`tar*ine"\ (n[e^]k`t[~e]r*[=e]n"), n. [Cf. F.
nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.)
A smooth-skinned variety of peach.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian
tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; -- also called cocoa plum.
It is made into a sweet conserve which is largely exported
from Cuba.
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Cocoa shells
(gcide) | Cocoa \Co"coa\, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.]
A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and
used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa
or cocoa shells.
[1913 Webster]
Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds
in preparing them for use.
[1913 Webster] coconut |
Cocoanut
(gcide) | coconut \co"co*nut\, Cocoanut
\Co"coa*nut`\(k[=o]"k[-o]*n[u^]t`), n.
1. the edible white meat of a coconut[3]; often shredded for
use in e.g. cakes and curries.
Syn: coconut meat.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. the cocoa palm.
Syn: coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree,
Cocos nucifera.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has
a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much
used as food, in confections, and in making oil. It has a
central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky
liquid.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Cocobolo |
Sea cocoa
(gcide) | Sea cocoa \Sea" co"coa\ (Bot.)
A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the
Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It
was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was
known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.
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cocoa
(wn) | cocoa
n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar;
usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, {hot
chocolate}, drinking chocolate]
2: powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat
removed |
cocoa bean
(wn) | cocoa bean
n 1: seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of
chocolate [syn: cacao bean, cocoa bean] |
cocoa butter
(wn) | cocoa butter
n 1: a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans
2: the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from
chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate |
cocoa palm
(wn) | cocoa palm
n 1: tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted
throughout the tropics [syn: coconut, coconut palm,
coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, {Cocos
nucifera}] |
cocoa plum
(wn) | cocoa plum
n 1: small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
[syn: coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum, icaco,
Chrysobalanus icaco]
2: plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves;
tropical American [syn: cocoa plum, coco plum, icaco] |
cocoa powder
(wn) | cocoa powder
n 1: the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter
is removed; used in baking and in low fat and low calorie
recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream |
cocoanut
(wn) | cocoanut
n 1: large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing
thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when
fresh) with fluid or milk [syn: coconut, cocoanut] |
dutch-processed cocoa
(wn) | Dutch-processed cocoa
n 1: cocoa powder treated with a mild alkalizing agent (such as
baking soda) |
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