cacaotière

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French

Etymology

See cacaotier

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ka.o.tjɛʁ/
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Noun

cacaotière f (plural cacaotières)

  1. farm growing cocoa
    Synonym: cacaoyère
    Les dominicains ont à la Martinique une sucrerie et cinq cents esclaves (...) à Saint-Domingue, une sucrerie et plus de deux cents Noirs; (...) Les jésuites avaient à Cayenne et dans le Continent (la Guyane) deux belles sucreries, une cacaotière considérable, une vaste ménagerie; et sur ces différentes possessions, au moins neuf cents Noirs. (Wikipédia, Esclavage de la Renaissance aux Lumières)

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