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Coconut   /kˈoʊkənˌət/   Listen
Coconut

noun
1.
The edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.  Synonym: coconut meat.
2.
Large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk.  Synonym: cocoanut.
3.
Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics.  Synonyms: coco, coco palm, cocoa palm, coconut palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera.



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"Coconut" Quotes from Famous Books



... sandy silt with a considerable admixture of vegetable matter. In some places it is loose, and shifts readily before the winds; here and there are stretches of alluvial clay loam. The sandy areas are often covered with coconut trees, and the alluvial deposits along the rivers frequently become beds of nipa palm as far back as tide water. The plain areas are generally poorly watered except during the rainy season, having ...
— The Bontoc Igorot • Albert Ernest Jenks

... clothes," she told the cook; "except shoes. Thank God, his feet ain't as big as the rest of him! Say, remind me to make a coconut cake in the morning in the big pan. He likes 'em better when they're two three days old so the icin's kind of spread into the cake. I'd of sent a cake on with his papa, but Mr. Egg always drops things so much. It does ...
— O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 • Various

... of condensation products from phenol and formaldehyde with the addition of sulfonated oils. These are formed by the action of sulfuric acid on coconut, castor, cottonseed or mineral oils. The products of this combination are white ...
— Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries • Edwin E. Slosson



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