Lexic.us

Definition of Theobroma cacao

1. Noun. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theobroma Cacao

Literary usage of Theobroma cacao

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"The larger proportion of commercial cacao is produced by theobroma cacao (Fig. 3793). Other species native to Central America and the West Indies are T. ..."

2. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey for a Railroad to by John Jay Williams, Tehuantepec Railroad Company of New Orleans (1852)
"Although the distribution of the plants of the Isthmus, as has been said, may be considered general, the theobroma cacao forms somewhat of an exception, ..."

3. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey for a Railroad to by John Jay Williams (1852)
"Although the distribution of the plants of the Isthmus, as has been said, may be considered general, the theobroma cacao forms somewhat of an exception, ..."

4. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"Chocolate and Cocoa are products of the "beans" or seeds of several small trees, natives of tropical America, of which theobroma cacao L. (order ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1860)
""The Cacao (theobroma cacao)—the history of its culture, products, and uses, in medicine and domestic economy ?" Such is the designation of a subject ..."

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