cocoa bean

noun

A seed of the cocoa plant; used to make chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter.

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cacaocacao bean
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Meanings

nouncocoa bean (plural cocoa beans)

plural cocoa beans

  1. A seed of the cocoa plant; used to make chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter.

    Synonyms: cacao

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA seed of the cocoa plant; used to make chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter.

Similar
cacao

More synonyms by meaning

nounseed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate

Similar
cacao bean
Broader
cacaocacao treechocolate tree
Also see
cacao bean

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans kakaoboon
  • kakaoboonseed of the cocoa plant
Arabic حَبّ الْكَاكَاو
  • حَبّ الْكَاكَاو (ḥabb al-kākāw)seed of the cocoa plant
Catalan cacau
  • cacauseed of the cocoa plant
Chinese Mandarin 可可豆
  • 可可豆 (kěkědòu)seed of the cocoa plant
Danish kakaobønne
  • kakaobønneseed of the cocoa plant
Dutch cacaoboon
  • cacaoboonseed of the cocoa plant
Estonian kakaouba
  • kakaoubaseed of the cocoa plant
Finnish kaakaopapu
  • kaakaopapuseed of the cocoa plant
French fève de cacao
  • fève de cacaoseed of the cocoa plant
German Kakaobohne
  • Kakaobohneseed of the cocoa plant
Greek φασόλι κακάο
  • φασόλι κακάο (fasóli kakáo)seed of the cocoa plant
Hungarian kakaóbab
  • kakaóbabseed of the cocoa plant
Italian seme di cacao
  • seme di cacaoseed of the cocoa plant
Japanese カカオ豆
  • カカオ豆 (kakao mame)seed of the cocoa plant
Korean 카카오 씨
  • 카카오 씨 (kakao ssi)seed of the cocoa plant
Norwegian Bokmål kakaobønne
  • kakaobønneseed of the cocoa plant
Polish ziarno kakaowca
  • ziarno kakaowcaseed of the cocoa plant
Portuguese grão de cacau
  • grão de cacauseed of the cocoa plant
Russian боб кака́о
  • боб кака́о (bob kakáo)seed of the cocoa plant
Spanish grano de cacao
  • grano de cacaoseed of the cocoa plant
Swedish kakaoböna
  • kakaobönaseed of the cocoa plant
Thai เมล็ดโกโก้
  • เมล็ดโกโก้seed of the cocoa plant
Turkish kakao tohumu, kakao çekirdeği
  • kakao tohumuseed of the cocoa plant
  • kakao çekirdeğiseed of the cocoa plant
Vietnamese hạt cacao
  • hạt cacaoseed of the cocoa plant
Welsh ffa cacao
  • ffa cacaoseed of the cocoa plant
Cite this entry
APA

cocoa bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocoa%20bean

MLA

“cocoa bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocoa%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocoa bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocoa%20bean.

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