coco

Definition

Coconut palm.

Etymology

From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face). Doublet of coque.

Example Sentences

• "I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees."
• "They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber."
• "The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed; […]"

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