COCOA PLUM; a genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the icelandia class of plants. There is only one species, the icaco, which is a native of the Bahama islands, and many other parts of America, but commonly grows near the sea. It rises with a shrubby stalk eight or nine feet high, sending out several side-branches, which are covered with a dark brown bark. The flowers are white, and are succeeded by plums like damsons; some blue, some red, and others yellow. The stone is shaped like a pear, and has five longitudinal ridges. They are propagated by seeds, which must be procured from the places where they grow naturally. The management is the same as in other tender plants which are natives of those climates.