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THEOBROMA CACAO [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
Universal entry(ies)
Theobroma cacao
Latin
DEF

A tropical American tree (Theobroma cacao) of the sterculia family, bearing large, elliptical seedpods.

CONT

Cacao is a ... tree whose seeds or beans are used to make chocolate or cocoa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Theobroma cacao
Latin
DEF

Arbre originaire de l'Amérique du Sud, cultivé pour la production du cacao [et qui] peut aisément atteindre 15 mètres de hauteur.

OBS

Pour ce qui est de l'appellation commune de cacaoyer, c'est en 1605 qu'elle apparaît pour la première fois sous la plume du botaniste Charles de l'Écluse qui s'était inspiré là du vocabulaire aztèque («cacahualt», cacao).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Theobroma cacao
Latin
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