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Definition of: Theobroma
(thē′ə·brō′mə) noun
A genus of small trees indigenous in tropical America, especially Theobroma cacao, source of the cocoa and chocolate of commerce, now cultivated also in the Old World tropics. [<NL <Gk. theos god + brōma food]
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