n, pl  cacaos  1  :  the dried partly fermented fatty seeds of a So. American evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao of the family Sterculiaceae) that are used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter - called also cacao bean , cocoa bean   2  :  a tree having small yellowish flowers followed by fleshy pods with many seeds that bear cacao - called also chocolate tree  .
 
   
 
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