cocoa butter
or cacao butter
noun
a fatty substance obtained from the seeds of the cacao, used in making soaps, cosmetics, and other products.
Origin of cocoa butter
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby cocoa butter
coco,
coco de mer,
coco-de-mer,
cocoa,
cocoa beach,
cocoa butter,
cocoanut,
cocobolo,
cocom,
cocomat,
coconut
Example sentences from the Web for cacao butter
One-half the weight of the cocoa-bean consists of a fat called "cocoa-butter," from its resemblance to ordinary butter.
With a sufficient quantity of cocoa-butter mould this into fifty suppositories.
The fat, commercially known as "cocoa-butter," and "oil of theobroma," does not turn rancid.
Commercial Geography |Jacques W. Redway
British Dictionary definitions for cacao butter
cocoa butter
noun
a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc