Coconut - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Coconut :  (noun)
1: the edible white meat a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries [syn: coconut meat]
2: large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk [syn: cocoanut]
3: tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics [syn: coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera]

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