EGAVE

coconut

About 3.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  2. noun A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  3. noun The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  4. noun The coconut palm.
  5. noun A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture. A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
  6. noun A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture.
  7. noun A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
  8. noun A Malay person who cannot speak Malay.

Similar words

coco palm coco coconut palm coconut meat cocoa palm cocoanut coconut tree cocos nucifera koko palm

Often followed by

oil milk palms and trees palm grove tree shell

Word family

coconuts

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