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Definition of Copra

1. Noun. The dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted.

Definition of Copra

1. n. The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed.

Definition of Copra

1. Noun. The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded. ¹

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Definition of Copra

1. dried coconut meat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Copra

Literary usage of Copra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The process of producing the dried kernel—-copra—developed into a manufacturing process. process was carried out with special care at Cochin and the coast ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Elsewhere, the first step in the preparation of copra is the removal of the ... Methods of drying copra fall under three heads: sun-drying, grill-drying, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The conversion of the kernel into copra must not only be looked upon as a ... At present great care is bestowed on the preparation of copra ; it is used in ..."

4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"copra, green snail and Norfolk Islands trochus shell Cook Islands, N. Z 15 . ... copra, phosphates Panav I.. P. Is 4,6 Fiji Islands 7,42 . ..."

5. Forty Years on the Pacific: The Lure of the Great Ocean, a Book of Reference by Frank Coffee (1920)
"First of all, then, let me explain that copra is the dried flesh of the cocoanut. ... During the Great War, copra was exported in huge quantities to make ..."

6. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"copra ITCH. Castellani, of Ceylon, has described a peculiar form of dermatitis which in some respects simulates scabies, and is induced by a minute, ..."

7. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"(18) Expressed from sun-dried copra and treated in tlie. same manner as ... Vacuum-dried copra which had stood in a closed desiccator over water for one ..."

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