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coconut

/ˈkoʊ.kəˌnʌt/ noun B2
  1. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity. (countable, uncountable)
  3. The edible white flesh of this fruit. (uncountable)
  4. The coconut palm. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture. (US, countable, uncountable)
  6. A Malay person who cannot speak Malay. (countable, uncountable)
  7. An Indian person who cannot speak Tamil. (countable, uncountable)
  8. A Pacific islander. (countable, uncountable)

Plural coconuts

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.