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cocoanut

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co⋅coa⋅nut

  [koh-kuh-nuht, -nuht]
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–noun
coconut.

co⋅co⋅nut

  [koh-kuh-nuht, -nuht]
–noun
1. the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
2. the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cooking, as a flavoring, and as a dessert topping.
3. coconut palm.
Also, cocoanut.

Origin:
1605–15; coco + nut
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co·coa·nut   (kō'kə-nŭt', -nət)   
n.  Variant of coconut.
co·co·nut also co·coa·nut   (kō'kə-nŭt', -nət)   
n.  

  1. The fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

  2. The large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut, containing white flesh surrounding a partially fluid-filled central cavity.

  3. The edible white flesh of the coconut, often shredded and used in food and confections or for the extraction of coconut oil.

  4. A coconut palm.


[Portuguese côco, grinning skull, goblin, coconut (probably from Late Latin coccum, shell; see cocoon) + nut.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

coconut 
1613, from Sp./Port. coco "grinning face," on resemblance of the three holes at the base of the shell to a human face.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: co·co·nut
Pronunciation: 'kO-k&-(")n&t
Function: noun
1 : the fruit of the coconut palm having an outer fibroushusk with a nut containing thick edible meat and coconut milk
2 : the edible meat of the coconut
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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