[kop-ruh, koh-pruh] 
| the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed. |
| co·pra (kō'prə, kŏp'rə) n. The dried white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted. [Portuguese, from Malayalam koppara.] |
copra
dried sections of the meat of the coconut, the kernel of the fruit of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). Copra is valued for the coconut oil extracted from it and for the resulting residue, coconut-oil cake, which is used mostly for livestock feed
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