| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| cacao, coca, coco, cocoa (nn.) |
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| Cacao (pronounced kuh-KAI-o or kuh-KAH-o) is the seed or bean of which cocoa (KO-ko)—both the powder and the drink made from it—is made; coca (KO-kuh) is the plant from whose dried leaves the drug cocaine comes, and coco (KO-ko) is the name of both the palm tree that bears coconuts and the fiber that comes from their husks. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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