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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