cocoanut
Hard-shelled tropical fruit
Cocoanut is an older spelling of coconut, the large seed of a tropical palm tree.
The spelling with -oa- reflects an earlier attempt to connect the word to cocoa, though the two plants are unrelated.
Modern usage strongly favors the simplified spelling coconut, making cocoanut appear archaic or affected in contemporary writing.
- coirPalm-fruit husk fiber
- copraDried coconut meat
- shellHard outer covering
- cracking openBreaking a seal
- huskDry seed covering
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