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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\ (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 palm tree producing the cocoanut ({Cocos nucifera}). 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {Cocoa shells}, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cocoa n 1: made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar [syn: {chocolate}, {hot chocolate}] 2: powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Cocoa, FL (city, FIPS 13150) Location: 28.37700 N, 80.75017 W Population (1990): 17722 (8248 housing units) Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32922, 32926
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