Coconut Definition

kōkənut

coconuts

noun

coconuts

The fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a thick, fibrous, brown, oval husk under which there is a thin, hard shell enclosing a layer of edible white meat.

Webster's New World

The large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut, containing white flesh surrounding a partially fluid-filled central cavity.

American Heritage

The edible white flesh of the coconut, often shredded and used in food and confections or for the extraction of coconut oil.

American Heritage

A coconut palm.

American Heritage

(pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. Compare banana (“East Asian who acts white”).

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
cocoanut
cocos-nucifera
coconut tree
cocoa palm
coco
coco-palm
coconut-palm
coconut meat

Other Word Forms of Coconut

Noun

Singular:

coconut

Plural:

coconuts

Origin of Coconut

Portuguese coco pumpkin or other object carved with a face used to scare children, goblin, coconut (since the three indentations on the base of a coconut suggest the eyes and mouth of a goblin; probably from Late Latin coccum shell cocoon) nut

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From coco +‎ nut.

From Wiktionary