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Cocoplum

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coco plum or co·co·plum   (kō'kō-plŭm')   
n.  An evergreen shrub or small tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) native to the American and African tropics, having plumlike fruit used to make jellies and preserves.

[Alteration of Spanish icaco, from Arawak ikaku.]
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