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cocoa butter
noun
: a pale fat made from cocoa beans that is used in making chocolate and in various products (such as soaps and skin lotions)
Full Definition of COCOA BUTTER
: a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans
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Variants of COCOA BUTTER
cocoa butter also cacao butter
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First Known Use of COCOA BUTTER
1868
Medical Dictionary
cocoa butter
noun
Medical Definition of COCOA BUTTER
: a pale vegetable fat obtained from cacao beans that is used in the manufacture of chocolate candy, in cosmetics as an emollient, and in pharmacy for making suppositories—called also theobroma oil
Variants of COCOA BUTTER
cocoa butter or cacao butter
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