Ca-cā'o, n.

(ka-kā'o, or kă'ko) (Synop., § 130), n. [Mexican cacauatl.] (Bot.) The chocolate tree, a species of Theobroma (T. cacao), found in South America and the West Indies; it grows to the height of twenty or thirty feet, with a brownish bark, and bears a pulpy fruit, containing seeds of a flat, oblong shape, from which chocolate is made. Loudon.