Co·coa, n.  A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.
 Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.
 3.  The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil.  It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid.

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