Look up Cacao or cacao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cacao is the seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, from Spanish cacao, an adaptation...
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Theobroma cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used...
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Cocoa bean (redirect from Cacao bean)
simply as cocoa (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/) or cacao (/kəˈkaʊ/), is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a...
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Maria Cacao is the diwata or mountain goddess associated with Mount Lantoy in Argao, Cebu, Philippines. The Maria Cacao legend is a prominent example...
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Chocolate liquor (redirect from Cacao liquor)
Roasted cacao nibs, pieces of cocoa kernels, are powdered and melted into chocolate liquor....
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Chocolate liqueur (redirect from Crème de cacao)
a recipe for a chocolate liqueur (ratafia de chocolat, also ratafia de cacao). An early 19th-century American cookbook, published in 1825 and preserved...
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El Cacao may refer to: El Cacao, Los Santos El Cacao, Panamá Oeste El Cacao, Veraguas, Panama This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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The history of chocolate dates back over 5,000 years, when the cacao tree was first domesticated in present-day southeast Ecuador. Soon introduced to...
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Itzia, Tango & Cacao (Spanish: Itzia, tango y cacao) is a 2023 Colombian drama film directed and starred by Flora Martínez in her directorial debut. The...
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Regenerative cacao is defined as cacao (also known as "cocoa") that is produced on a farm that employs regenerative agriculture and agroforestry methods...
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The growing of cacao or cocoa boasts a long history stretching from the colonial times. Originating from Mesoamerican forests, cacao was first introduced...
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Barry Callebaut (redirect from Cacao Barry)
2021/2022). It was created in 1996 through the merging of the French company Cacao Barry and the Belgian chocolate producer Callebaut. It is currently based...
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Gliricidia sepium (redirect from Madre cacao)
simply referred to as gliricidia or by its Spanish common name madre de cacao (also anglicized as mother of cocoa), is a medium size leguminous tree belonging...
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Theobroma bicolor (redirect from Jaguar cacao)
Theobroma (family Malvaceae), which also contains the better-known Theobroma cacao (cocoa tree). It is found in Central and South America, including stretches...
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Cocoa butter (redirect from Cacao butter)
is a pale-yellow, edible fat extracted from the cocoa bean (Theobroma cacao). It is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments, toiletries, and...
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Viral and viroid diseases Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) Cacao yellow mosaic virus (CYMV) Cocoa necrosis virus (CNV)...
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Quararibea funebris (redirect from Rosita de cacao)
de cacao, madre de cacao, coco mama, swizzle stick tree, cacahuaxochitl or cacaoxochitl, (Nahuatl = chocolate flower) rosa de cacao, rosita de cacao, tepecacao...
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Cacao is a village in French Guiana, lying on the Comté river [fr] to the south of Cayenne. Most of the population are Hmong farmers, refugees from Laos...
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Brazilian cacao cycle or boom was a period in Brazil's economic history in which the country remained between first and second in world cacao production...
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Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Caulimoviridae that primarily infects cacao trees. It decreases cacao yield...
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tropical forests of Central and South America. The seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), the best known species of the genus, are used for making chocolate...
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Theobromine, also known as xantheose, is the principal alkaloid of Theobroma cacao (cacao plant). Theobromine is slightly water-soluble (330 mg/L) with a bitter...
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Passiflora cacao is a species of Passiflora found in São Paulo and Southern Bahia, Brazil. The plant flowers in the winter in habitat fruit fruit cross...
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Tejate [teˈxate] is a non-alcoholic maize and cacao beverage traditionally made in Oaxaca, Mexico, originating from pre-Hispanic times. It remains very...
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Cocoa solids (redirect from Cacao powder)
Dry cocoa solids are the components of cocoa beans remaining after cocoa butter, the fatty component of the bean, is extracted from chocolate liquor, roasted...
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Cocoa necrosis virus (redirect from Cacao necrosis virus)
Theobroma cacao en natura causing cacao necrosis disease. CoNV is considered synonymous with Strain S of cacao swollen shoot virus. Unlike Cacao swollen...
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Ek Chuah (section As a patron deity of cacao)
codical gods, is a Postclassic Maya merchant deity and patron deity of cacao. Ek Chuah is part of a pantheon of Maya deities that have been depicted...
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Chocolates El Rey (section Fair cacao exchange)
chocolate manufacturer. The company uses only premium-grade, locally grown cacao for all of its products. One of the oldest chocolate manufacturers in Venezuela...
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Ephestia elutella (redirect from Cacao Moth)
Ephestia elutella, the cacao moth, tobacco moth or warehouse moth, is a small moth of the family Pyralidae. It is probably native to Europe, but has been...
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