A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CACAO

Tue, 5 Mar '24
Chocolate source
Sun, 8 Oct '23
Bean plant harvested for its sweet pulp
Sat, 18 Feb '23
Big export of Ecuador and Nigeria
Fri, 18 Mar '22
Ingredient in some mole
Fri, 26 Feb '21
Equatorial plantation crop