NOUN | food | coconut, coconut meat | the edible white meat of a coconut |
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food | coconut, cocoanut | large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk | |
plant | coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits |
Sounds | kow'kahnah.t | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... |
Meaning | The edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries. | |
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Synonym | coconut meat | |
Narrower | copra | The dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted |
Broader | food, solid food | Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid / liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
Substance of | coconut, cocoanut | large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk |
Spanish | coco | |
Catalan | coco |
Meaning | large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk. | |
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Synonym | cocoanut | |
Part of | coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits |
Broader | edible nut | A hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell |
Substances | coconut, coconut meat | The edible white meat of a coconut |
coconut milk, coconut water | Clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut | |
coconut oil, copra oil | oil from coconuts | |
copra | The dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted | |
Spanish | coco | |
Catalan | coco |
Meaning | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics. | |
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Synonyms | coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera | |
Member of | Cocos, genus Cocos | coconut palms |
Parts | coconut, cocoanut | large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk |
Broader | palm, palm tree | Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
Spanish | coco, cocos nucifera, cocotero | |
Catalan | Coco, coco, cocos nucifera, Cocos nucifera, cocoter |
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