Classical Era: Opera. Three distinct genres: 1. Opera seria, continuing from the Baroque period used the same kind of (often. literally the same!) librettos depicting historical or, less often, mythological. events; arias continued to be in da capo form, now increasingly merged with. sonata form; arias became much longer, so there were fewer; recitative continued.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: cocoa(Noun) the dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. cocoa(Noun) an unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking. cocoa(Noun) a hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
Even the cocoa plant has therapeutic value as it may be used to cure angina and also as a diuretic (a tonic that enhances urine flow). Butter made from cocoa beans is also used as a lip cream and forms the base for the manufacture of suppositories.ses. As mentioned earlier, the Latin name of chocolate, Theobroma', literally means the food of the Gods' in English. The Aztec, who are said to have discovered the drink, called chocolate as xocoatl (cocoa) and used it both as a currency and a beverage that was drunk by the aristocrats in golden goblets.