Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - coconut
Coconut
coconut
n. (also cocoanut) 1 a a large ovate brown seed of the coco, with a hard shell and edible white fleshy lining enclosing a milky juice. b = COCO. c the edible white fleshy lining of a coconut. 2 sl. the human head. Phrases and idioms coconut butter a solid oil obtained from the lining of the coconut, and used in soap, candles, ointment, etc. coconut ice a sweet of sugar and desiccated coconut. coconut matting a matting made of fibre from coconut husks. coconut shy a fairground sideshow where balls are thrown to dislodge coconuts. double coconut a very large nut of the coco-de-mer. Etymology: COCO + NUT
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noun Date: 1516 the drupaceous fruit of the ~ palm whose outer fibrous husk yields coir and whose nut contains thick edible meat and ~ milk, the edible meat of the ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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