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cocoa butter noun

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Definition

a substance from the cocoa bean that contains a lot of fat and is used in some foods and also in products for the skin and hair

(Definition of cocoa butter noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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