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Definition of Genus Theobroma
1. Noun. Cacao plants.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Cacao, Cacao Tree, Chocolate Tree, Theobroma Cacao
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Theobroma
Literary usage of Genus Theobroma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"The different kinds of cocoa are prepared from the seeds of trees of the genus
Theobroma. The genus Theobroma (Gr., 'food of the gods') belongs to the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"COCOA, or more properly CACAO, is a valuable dietary substance yielded by the
seeds of several email tree« belonging to the genus Theobroma, of the natural ..."
3. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The contrasting characters of the genus Theobroma, as represented by its type
species, T. cacao, may be stated as follows: ..."
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