COCOA BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cocoa bean mean? 

• COCOA BEAN (noun)
  The noun COCOA BEAN has 1 sense:

1. seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate

  Familiarity information: COCOA BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCOA BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cacao bean; cocoa bean

Hypernyms ("cocoa bean" is a kind of...):

cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao (tropical American tree producing cacao beans)

Holonyms ("cocoa bean" is a substance of...):

chocolate (a food made from roasted ground cacao beans)

cocoa (powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed)

creme de cacao (sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans)

 Context examples 

These results indicate that the bioactive compounds found in cocoa bean extract could have a beneficial effect at low concentrations, and they can be easily incorporated into different products.

(Scientists identify bioactive compounds in cacao pods to develop drugs to combat skeletal disorders, University of Granada)

In collaboration with other research groups based in Paris, Tunisia, and Almeria, the UGR scientists have focused on purifying the phenolic compounds found in cocoa bean extract and testing their toxicity at the cellular level.

(Scientists identify bioactive compounds in cacao pods to develop drugs to combat skeletal disorders, University of Granada)

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Granada (UGR) in Spain, has successfully isolated a bioactive compound present in cocoa bean extract that has proven effective in combatting skeletal diseases such as achondroplasia.

(Scientists identify bioactive compounds in cacao pods to develop drugs to combat skeletal disorders, University of Granada)