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Definition of Coconut

1. Noun. The edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.

2. 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.

3. Noun. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics.

Definition of Coconut

1. Noun. The fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), ''Cocos nucifera'', having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. ¹

2. Noun. The hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity. ¹

3. Noun. The edible white flesh of this fruit. ¹

4. Noun. The coconut palm. ¹

5. Noun. (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. Compare (term banana East Asian who acts white). ¹

6. Noun. (context: South Africa pejorative) A black person who thinks "white" (European). Compare (term banana East Asian who acts white). ¹

7. Noun. (New Zealand pejorative) A Pacific islander. ¹

8. Noun. (slang) A female breast. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coconut

1. the fruit of the coco [n -S]

Medical Definition of Coconut

1. A tropical palm tree, cocos nucifera, that yields large, edible hard-shelled fruit from which oil and fibre are also obtained. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coconut

cocobolos cocolonization cocomat cocomats cocommutative cocompact cocomposer cocomposers cocondensation coconinoite

coconsciousness coconspirator coconspirators coconspire coconsul coconut (current term) coconut cake coconut crab coconut crabs coconut cream

coconut macaroon coconut meat coconut milk coconut oil coconut palm coconut palms coconut sound coconut tree coconut water

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