n. (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called
‖n. [ Pg. ] (Zool) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia melanocephala syn. Brachyurus melanocephala).
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 ]
prop. n. A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), much used in laboratory biomedical research. Formerly called
n. The rhesus monkey of South Asia; used in medical research.
n. An Indian macaque with a bonnetlike tuft of hair.
n. The Barbary ape, a tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of Northwest Africa and Gibralter. [ WordNet 1.5 ]