According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
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
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
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
1 June 2025
BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
Coffee Trivia
