cocoa butter

/ˌkoʊˈkoʊ ˌbʌdər/
/ˈkʌʊkəʊ ˈbʌtə/
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Other forms: cocoa butters

Definitions of cocoa butter
  1. noun
    a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans
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    type of:
    fat
    a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
  2. noun
    the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate
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    type of:
    chocolate
    a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
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