coconut
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coconut/ˈkəʊkənʌt/
▶noun
- 1 the large oval brown seed of a tropical palm, consisting of a hard woody husk surrounded by fibre, lined with edible white flesh and containing a clear liquid (coconut milk).
■ the flesh of a coconut, often shredded and used as food.
- 2 (also coconut palm or tree) the tall palm tree that yields coconuts, and also other products such as copra and coir. [Cocos nucifera.]
'coconut' also found in these Oxford entries:
caproic acid
- coco
- cocoanut
- coconut butter
- coconut ice
- coconut shy
- coir
- copra
- coquito
- lamington
- macaroon
- madeleine
- milk
- narghile
- nariyal
- pina colada
- strictly
