Theobroman.
/θiːəʊˈbrəʊmə/ Botany.
A genus of low trees, of which one species, Theobroma Cacao, a native of tropical America, and now naturalized in other warm countries, is the source of cocoa and chocolate.
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cacao1604
cacao tree1640
cocoa1670
chocolate1688
chocolate tree1688
cocoa tree1698
Theobroma1760
cacao bush1839
forastero1858
criollo1955
1737 C. Linnaeus Genera Plant. 367 Polyadelphia. 1. Pentandria. Theobroma.]
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 298/2 Chocolate-nut, Theobroma.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxi. 479 In..Theobroma or Chocolate..it [sc. the nectary] is Bell-shaped.
1871 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (new ed.) 194 Oil of Theobroma... Cacao Butter. A concrete oil obtained by expression and heat from the ground seeds of Theobroma Cacao.
Derivatives
theoˈbromic adj. Chemistry in theobromic acid (see quots.).
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rheumic acid1816
arabic acida1836
rubiacic acid1835
aspartic acid1836
sylvic acid1836
tannic acid1836
oenanthic acid1837
gummic acid1838
retinic acid1838
roccellic acid1838
rubinic acid1838
lobelic acid1840
polychromatic acid1840
rhabarbaric acid1840
roccelline1840
humic1844
sumbulolic acid1844
isatic acid1845
opianic acid1845
parthenic acid1845
polychromic acid1847
styphnic acid1848
metapectic acid1849
tanningenic acid1852
jalapic acid1853
jalapinolic acid1855
sinapic acid1857
amalic acid1863
phycic acid1864
filicic acid1865
isamic acid1865
tannocaffeic acidc1865
tricarballylic acid1865
guaiaretic acid1866
pectous acid1866
phytomelin1866
porphyric acid1866
thujetic acid1868
turpetholic acid1868
viridic acid1868
rheotannic acid1869
arabinic acid1870
frangulic1872
sclerotic acid1876
theobromic acid1878
gynocardic acid1897
chaulmoogric acid1904
1878 Kingzett in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXIII. 44 I propose for it the name of Theobromic acid, which recalls the source from which it is obtained, namely, the fat of the seeds of Theobroma Cacao.
1881 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VIII. 1922 Theobromic acid, C64H128O2. This acid, the highest known member of the fatty series, has been obtained..from cacao~butter.
theobromine n. /θiːəʊˈbrəʊmaɪn/ a bitter volatile alkaloid, C7H8N4O2, resembling caffeine, contained in the seeds of the cacao tree.
/θiːəʊˈbrəʊmaɪn/ a bitter volatile alkaloid, C7H8N4O2, resembling caffeine, contained in the seeds of the cacao tree.ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alkaloids > [noun] > caffeine > substance resembling
theobromine1842
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 313/2 The analysis of Theobromine by Woskresensky shows..that this article [chocolate]..must be highly nutritious.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 165 They contain a very appreciable quantity of theobromine, which assists the action of caffein and possesses similar properties to that base.
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