co|coa

co|coa¹ «KOH koh», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. a powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds of the cacao tree, that tastes much like chocolate. Some of the fat is removed from the seeds. »

Most everyone in New England has a box of cocoa in the cupboard.

2. a drink made of this powder with sugar and milk or water, usually served hot; hot chocolate: »

When the Aztec Emperor Montezuma first drank a potation of cocoa with Cortez, the bean was considered so precious that just 100 of them could buy a slave (Wall Street Journal).

3. the cacao tree.

4. a dull-brown color, lighter than chocolate.

–adj.

1. dull-brown: »

cocoa-colored draperies.

2. of or having to do with cocoa: »

a cup of hot cocoa-flavored milk.

╂[variant of cacao]

co|coa² «KOH koh», noun, adjective.

= coco. (Cf. ↑coco)