Cō'cōa, n.

noun

(kō'ko), n. [Sp. & Fr. coco, Pg. coco, the nut, and coqueiro (da India), the tree, It. cocco, N. Lat. cocos. Cf. Gr. κοῦκι, the cocoa-palm and its fruit, κόϊξ, κόϊκος, an Egyptian kind of palm, and κόκκος, kernel, berry, the resinous cone of several trees.]

Sense 1. (Bot.) A palm-tree producing the cocoa-nut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters. Loudon.

Sense 2. [Corrupted from cacao.] A preparation made from the ground nuts of the chocolate tree, used as a beverage. See CACAO.

An illustration of a cocoa tree with a tall trunk, broad palm-like crown, and smaller growth at its base. — Cocoa.