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coconut

  • noun
  • co·co·nut
  • /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/

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

Other meanings

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

  2. The edible white flesh of this fruit.

A kind of

  • solid food

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “coconut” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.