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copra

[kop-ruh, koh-pruh] Origin

cop·ra

[kop-ruh, koh-pruh]
noun
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
Also, copperah.


Origin:
1575–85; < Portuguese < Malayalam koppara < Hindi khoprā coconut
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Copra is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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copra (ˈkɒprə)
 
n
the dried, oil-yielding kernel of the coconut
 
[C16: from Portuguese, from Malayalam koppara, probably from Hindi khoprā coconut]

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copra
1580s, from Port. copra (16c.), from Malayalam koppara (cognate with Hindi khopra) "coconut."
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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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