Definition of "cocoa" []

• A powder made from cacao seeds after they have been fermented, roasted, shelled, ground, and freed of most of their fat. (noun)
• A beverage made by mixing this powder with sugar in hot water or milk. (noun)
• A moderate brown to reddish brown. (noun)

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• "The word cocoa comes via the Spanish cacao, which in turn came via the Maya and Aztec from a probable Olmec word kakawa coined 3,000 years ago."
• "The word cocoa is derived from the Aztec/Mexican word cachuatl, which comes from the word cacahuazintl, the name of the fruit or pod of the cocoa tree."
• "The four southern States of India fall within what we call a cocoa sweet spot in the world."