COCONUT

coconut, cocoanut

(noun) large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

coconut, coconut meat

(noun) the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries

coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera

(noun) tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

coconut (countable and uncountable, plural coconuts)

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.

(uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.

The coconut palm.

(pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside.

(South Africa, Australia, pejorative) A black person who thinks or acts "white" (European).

(New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.

(slang) A female breast.

(slang) The human head (often used in cricket broadcasts when a ball hits or nearly hits a batsman on the head).

Coordinate terms

• (acting white): banana, Oreo, Twinkie

Source: Wiktionary

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