raw coconut

Fresh tropical fruit

Raw coconut is the flesh of the coconut fruit that hasn't been dried, toasted, or otherwise processed.

It's white, moist, and mildly sweet, eaten fresh or used in cooking: She added raw coconut to the smoothie.

Distinguished from desiccated or toasted coconut, which have different textures and intensities of flavor.

Related
  • freshNewly made, not stale
  • whiteAbsence of pigment
  • meatAnimal tissue for food
  • huskDry seed covering
  • shellHard outer covering

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processing state

raw coconuttoasted coconut

Browned dried palm fruit

desiccated coconut · copra · coconut chips

Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G