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cacaine

cacaine noun: the essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.

Noun

cacaine (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.

Origin of cacaine

From cacao + -ine.

Questions about cacaine

What does cacaine mean?
Cacaine means the essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.
What part of speech is cacaine?
Cacaine is a noun.

Words near cacaine in the dictionary

  1. cacafuego
  2. cacafuegos
  3. Cacahuamilpa
  4. cacahuananche
  5. Cacahuatepec
  6. cacaine
  7. cacajão
  8. Cacana
  9. cacao
  10. cacao bean
  11. cacao beans

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