coconut
[noun]
Synonyms: head, belfry, coco, conk. dome, headpiece, noddle, noggin, noodle, poll

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co‧co‧nut /ˈkəʊkənʌt $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: coco 'coconut' (16-18 centuries) (from Portuguese, 'grinning face'; because the bottom of a coconut, with its three spots, looks like a face) + nut]

1. [countable] the large brown seed of a tropical tree, which has a hard shell containing white flesh that you can eat and a milky liquid that you can drink:
large tropical gardens of coconut palms

2. [uncountable] the white flesh of a coconut, often used in cooking:
desiccated coconut (=dried coconut)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

coconut
noun
ADJ. dessicated, fresh
QUANT. bunch huge bunches of fresh coconuts
VERB + COCONUT eat, have | grow | harvest, pick | break open, open She broke open the coconut and drank its sweet milk.
COCONUT + NOUN milk, oil | palm, tree a bay fringed with swaying coconut palms
fibre, husk, matting, shell

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