Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
2. A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
3. (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
4. The coconut palm.
5. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture:
6. (New Zealand, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Pacific islander.
7. (slang) A female breast.
8. (slang) The human head.

Example Sentences

The Coco-nut Trees grow by the Sea, on the Weſtern ſide in great Groves, 3 or 4 Miles in length, and a Mile or two broad. This tree is in ſhape like the Cabbage-tree, and at a diſtance they are not to be known each from other, only the Coco-nut Tree is fuller of Branches ; but the Cabbage-tree generally is much higher, tho' the Coco-nut Trees in ſome places are very high.

He compliments her erect posture and says her breasts look like big clusters of grapes hanging off a palm tree. You would expect him to say merely that he likes her big coconuts.

[Ashley J. Williams shoots a zombified version of the Winter Soldier in the head.] Dazzler: Oh my God...thank you! I-i-is he-- Ashley J. Williams: A double-barrel boomstick blast straight through the coconut? Trust me, babe--he's not comin' back from that one.

'How unfortunate.' 'Yes. It's rather causing him to go off his coconut. He's met a girl, you see. A peach.'

Word Forms

• coconuts
• coco-nut
• cocoanut
• cokernut

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When Should You Use Coconut?

Use coconut when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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