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THEOBROMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cacao plants

Synonyms:

genus Theobroma; Theobroma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Theobroma" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Theobroma"):

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

Holonyms ("Theobroma" is a member of...):

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)

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