ca-cao

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cacao tree: A tropical evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao) cultivated for its seeds, which are used to make cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter.
   • Cacao bean/seed: The dried and fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree, the primary raw material for chocolate.
   • Cacao (product): The processed products derived from the seeds, such as cacao powder or cacao mass, often in a less refined state than typical cocoa powder.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cây ca-cao được trồng nhiều ở Tây Nguyên. (The cacao tree is widely cultivated in the Central Highlands.)
  • Hạt ca-cao sau khi lên men và phơi khô sẽ được rang. (Cacao beans are roasted after being fermented and dried.)
  • Bột ca-cao nguyên chất có vị đắng hơn bột ca-cao thường. (Pure cacao powder has a more bitter taste than regular cocoa powder.)

Advanced Usage

• "Vườn ca-cao": A cacao plantation or cacao grove.
  • Ông ấy sở hữu một vườn ca-cao rộng lớn. (He owns a large cacao plantation.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cacao (English loanword): Often used interchangeably with "ca-cao" in Vietnamese, especially in scientific or commercial contexts.
• Sô-cô-la (chocolate): The sweet food product made from roasted and ground cacao seeds.
• Bột ca-cao (cacao powder): The powder made by grinding cacao seeds and removing the cocoa butter.

Synonyms

• Cây cacao: Cacao tree.
• Hạt cacao: Cacao bean/seed.

Related Phrases

• Trồng ca-cao: To grow/cultivate cacao.
  • Nghề trồng ca-cao đang phát triển ở vùng này. (Cacao cultivation is developing in this region.)
• Chế biến ca-cao: To process cacao.
  • Nhà máy này chuyên chế biến ca-cao thành bột. (This factory specializes in processing cacao into powder.)