Definition of Cohune

1. Noun. Tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.

Exact synonyms: Cohune Palm, Orbignya Cohune
Generic synonyms: Feather Palm
Group relationships: Genus Orbignya, Orbignya
Terms within: Cohune Nut

Definition of Cohune

1. n. A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.

Definition of Cohune

1. a palm tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cohune

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cohos
cohosh
cohoshes
cohost
cohosted
cohostess
cohostessed
cohostesses
cohostessing
cohosting
cohosts
cohousing
cohousings
coho salmon
cohune (current term)
cohune-nut oil
cohunes
cohune fat
cohune nut
cohune oil
cohune palm
coif
coifed
coiffe
coiffed
coiffes
coiffeur
coiffeurs
coiffeuse

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