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co⋅qui⋅to

[koh-kee-toh]
–noun, plural -tos.
a palm, Jubaea chilensis, of Chile, from whose sap a honey is prepared and whose small, hard, edible nuts yield a useful oil.
Also called honey palm, wine palm.


Origin:
1855–60; < Sp, dim. of coco coco palm < Pg côco coco
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co·qui·to   (kō-kē'tō)   
n.   pl. co·qui·tos
A feather-leaved palm (Jubaea chilensis) native to Chile, having a thick trunk from which is obtained a sugary sap used for making wine and a kind of honey, and widely cultivated as an ornamental in warm dry regions.

[Spanish, diminutive of coco, coco palm, from Portuguese côco; see coconut.]
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