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Coconut vs Cacao - What's the difference?

coconut | cacao |

As nouns the difference between coconut and cacao

is that coconut is a fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed while cacao is a tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

coconut

English

(wikipedia coconut)

Alternative forms

* cocoanut

Noun

  • A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera , having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  • A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  • (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  • The coconut palm.
  • (pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. Compare .
  • (South Africa, pejorative) A black person who thinks "white" (European). Compare .
  • (New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.
  • (slang) A female breast.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (acting white) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * coconut milk * coconutty

    See also

    * (cultural pejoratives) banana, Oreo English ethnic slurs

    cacao

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tree, Theobroma cacao , whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  • This tree's seed, the cocoa bean

    • Related terms

    * cocoa

    External links

    * (wikipedia "cacao") ----