Coco vs. Cocoa — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Coco and Cocoa
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Definitions
Coco
Coconut palm.
Cocoa
A powder made from cacao seeds after they have been fermented, roasted, shelled, ground, and freed of most of their fat.
Coco
Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.
Cocoa
See hot chocolate.
Coco
See Cocoa.
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Cocoa
A moderate brown to reddish brown.
Coco
Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
Cocoa
The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
Cocoa
An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
Cocoa
(uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
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Cocoa
(countable) A serving of this drink.
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Cocoa
A light to medium brown colour.
Cocoa
Alternative spelling of coco.
Cocoa
Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
Cocoa
A tall palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera) as its fruit. 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; the cocoanut tree. It is widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations as an ornamental tree.
Cocoa
A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.
Cocoa
A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
Cocoa
Powder of ground roasted cocao beans with most of the fat removed