Cocoanut vs. Coconut

Cocoanutnoun

dated form of coconut

Cocoanutnoun

large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

Coconutnoun

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

Coconutnoun

A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.

Coconutnoun

(uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.

Coconutnoun

The coconut palm.

Coconutnoun

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.

Coconutnoun

A black person who thinks "white" (European).

Coconutnoun

A Pacific islander.

Coconutnoun

(slang) A female breast.

Coconutnoun

(slang) The human head (often used in cricket broadcasts when a ball hits or nearly hits a batsman on the head).

Coconutnoun

the edible white meat of a coconut{3}; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.

Coconutnoun

the cocoa palm.

Coconutnoun

The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil. It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid.

Coconutnoun

the edible white meat a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries

Coconutnoun

large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

Coconutnoun

tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

Coconut

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus Cocos. The term (or the archaic ) can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which botanically is a drupe, not a nut.