{ Co"coa (kō"k&osl;), n., Co"coa palm` (päm`) } [Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.) A palm tree producing the cocoanut (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; the cocoanut tree.

Co"coa, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.] 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.

• (uncountable) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made
  
• (uncountable) an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  
• (uncountable) a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar
       Do you like cocoa?
  
• (countable) a cup or mug of this drink
       I like to watch TV with a cocoa.
  
• (countable) a light to medium brown colour
       cocoa colour:   
  
• of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder
  

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