| 单词 | cacao bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmascacao bush cacao bush n. a cacao tree.Perhaps referred to as a ‘bush’ because in its natural habitat it is a relatively small understorey tree, and in cultivation its height is deliberately restricted. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > cocoa-bean > cocoa plant cacao1604 cacao tree1640 cocoa1670 chocolate1688 chocolate tree1688 cocoa tree1698 Theobroma1760 cacao bush1839 forastero1858 criollo1955 1839 Mag. Domest. Econ. 323 Milk..for the use of those who sip the infusion of the Chinese leaf, or that of the coffee berry, or that of the cacao-bush. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 216 The coco-palm which produces coir-rope, and coco-nuts, and a hundred other useful things, is not the same plant as the cacao-bush which produces chocolate. 1931 Torreya 31 48 Is it not possible that these cacao bushes and sapote and avocado trees are remnants of plantations of long ago? 2007 Argus (Dundalk, Ireland) (Nexis) 29 Mar. Cacao bushes, which produce the cocoa pods, will grow in a very limited geographical zone, of approximately ten degrees to the north and south of the Equator. < as lemmas |
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