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COCOANUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
cocoanut; coconut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("cocoanut" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Meronyms (substance of "cocoanut"):
coconut oil; copra oil (oil from coconuts)
coconut; coconut meat (the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries)
coconut milk; coconut water (clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut)
copra (the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted)
Holonyms ("cocoanut" is a part of...):
coco; coco palm; cocoa palm; coconut; coconut palm; coconut tree; Cocos nucifera (tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics)
