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COCONUT
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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 ("coconut" 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 "coconut"):
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 ("coconut" 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
Synonyms:
coconut; coconut meat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("coconut" is a kind of...):
food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coconut"):
copra (the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted)
Holonyms ("coconut" is a substance of...):
cocoanut; coconut (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
Synonyms:
coco; coco palm; cocoa palm; coconut; coconut palm; coconut tree; Cocos nucifera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coconut" is a kind of...):
palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "coconut"):
cocoanut; coconut (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)
Holonyms ("coconut" is a member of...):
Cocos; genus Cocos (coconut palms)
Context examples:
This date will not be the time to shake the tree to see if any coconuts fall out, for they will, and bounce on your head.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The edible oil extracted from the kernel or meat of the coconut of Cocos nucifera.
(Coconut Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
These coconut oil-derived compounds offer longer-lasting protection than any other known natural repellent against insect blood-feeding.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Farther downhill, farmers grow coconut palms, which require less irrigation and don't raise the water table as much.
(NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor, NASA)
Coconut oil itself is not a repellent, Zhu emphasized.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Against bed bugs and ticks, DEET lost its effectiveness after about three days, while the coconut oil compound lasted for about two weeks.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
By encapsulating coconut fatty acids into a starch-based formula, field trials showed this all-natural formula could provide protection to cattle against stable flies for up to 96 hours or 4 days.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
In addition, the compound showed strong repellency against mosquitoes when higher concentrations of coconut oil compounds were topically applied.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
USDA-Agricultural Research Service scientists have identified coconut oil fatty acids that have strong repellency and long-lasting effectiveness against ticks, biting flies, mosquitoes and bed bugs.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
However, the coconut oil-derived free fatty acid mixture—lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid as well as their corresponding methyl esters—provides strong repellency against blood-sucking insects.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
