coconut

Noun

Meaning

tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

coco belfry noggin pate copra cocoanut brazil nut durian beechnut skull cocoa nut mellon cranium rambutan
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Hypernyms

palm food fruit palm tree solid food edible nut

Hyponyms

copra

Phrases with the word

Coconut butter that accounts for the milk in the coconut coconut grater coconut juice coconut sugar any coconut water

Examples

I drink a lot of coconut water. It balances out all the other toxic stuff I put into my body. Rihanna

If you take 12 waters from the coconut - not the ones you buy in the store, although that's good - but the fresh coconuts, the little brown ones with the three eyes, if you take 12 of those within 24 hours, your blood will go back to the way it was when you were born. Dick Gregory

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk. Dustin Hoffman

Only the man who is not hungry says the coconut has a hard shell. Ethiopian Proverb

A coconut shell full of water is a sea to an ant. Hindi Proverb

It is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the stone to sink. Malawi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cocontraction Coconucan Coconuco coconut and raspberries coconut ant coconut apple