[koh-hoon] 
| a pinnate-leaved palm, Orbignya cohune, native to Central America, bearing large nuts whose meat yields an oil resembling that of the coconut. |
| co·hune (kō-hōōn') n. A feather-leaved Central American palm (Orbignya cohune) having hard-shelled fruits that yield a useful oil. [New Latin, perhaps from American Spanish, from Mosquito ókhún.] |