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COCONUT MEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 meat" 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 meat"):
copra (the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted)
Holonyms ("coconut meat" 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)
