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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Theobroma \The`o*bro"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a god + ? food, fr. ? to eat: cf. F. th['e]obrome.] (Bot.) A genus of small trees. See Cacao.
Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Theobroma'' of small trees.
Wikipedia
Theobroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is sometimes classified as a member of Sterculiaceae. It contains roughly 20 species of small understory trees native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. The generic name is derived from the Greek words θεός (theos), meaning "god," and βρῶμα (broma), meaning "food". It translates to "food of the gods."
Theobroma cacao, the best known species of the genus, is used for making chocolate.
Usage examples of "theobroma".
Kangom, who called himself Mogkan, was producing Theobroma at alarming quantities.
As mentioned above, the pods and seeds of Theobroma Cacao trees show a marked variation, and in every country the botanist has studied these variations and classified the trees according to the shape and colour of the pods and seeds.
Oil of Theobroma or cacao butter is a yellowish white solid, with an odour resembling that of cocoa, taste bland and agreeable.
How surprised (and horrified) they'd been to discover that Theobroma cacao interacts with an immortal's nervous system in a totally unique manner.