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coconut Definition


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coconut
noun
    1. A tropical palm tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
      Form: coconut palm, coco (also)
    2. The large single-seeded fruit of this tree, with a thick fibrous outer husk and a hard woody inner shell enclosing a layer of white edible flesh and a central cavity.
Etymology: 18c: from Portuguese coco grimace or ugly face, from the face-like markings on a coconut.



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