n. [ Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. Cocoa, Chocolate ] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caoutchouc, from the South American name. ] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caoutchin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A macaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A territory in South China, on the Zhu Jiang river on the South China sea, formerly a territory of Portugal. Also, the capital city of this territory. [ PJC ]