cacao butter

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Origin of cacao butter

First recorded in 1545–55

Words nearby cacao butter

cac-, ca-ca, ca'canny, cacao, cacao bean, cacao butter, caccia, cacciatore, Caccini, Cáceres, cachaca

How to use cacao butter in a sentence

It is called cacao-butter, and is used by the natives for burns and sores and cutaneous diseases.
On the Banks of the Amazon|W.H.G. Kingston
For tablets that are not to be kept for any length of time, cacao butter is preferable, as it melts readily and is digestible.
Candy Medication|Bernard Fantus
Thus there was plenty of cacao butter available at a time when other fats were scarce.
Cocoa and Chocolate|Arthur W. Knapp
It practically always contains sugar and added cacao butter, and is generally prepared in moulded form.
Cocoa and Chocolate|Arthur W. Knapp

Cacao butter runs hot from the presses as an amber-coloured oil, and after nitration, sets to a pale golden yellow wax-like fat.
Cocoa and Chocolate|Arthur W. Knapp