Definition of Genus theobroma

1. Noun. Cacao plants.

Exact synonyms: Theobroma
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

genus Tethus
genus Tetraclinis
genus Tetragonia
genus Tetragonurus
genus Tetrahymena
genus Tetraneuris
genus Tetrao
genus Tetrapturus
genus Teucrium
genus Thalarctos
genus Thalictrum
genus Thamnophilus
genus Thamnophis
genus Thelypteris
genus Theobroma
genus Thermobia
genus Thermopsis
genus Thespesia
genus Thevetia
genus Thielavia
genus Thiobacillus
genus Thlaspi
genus Thomomys
genus Threskiornis
genus Thrinax
genus Thrips
genus Thryothorus
genus Thuja
genus Thujopsis

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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