COCOANUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cocoanut; coconut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cocoanut" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Meronyms (substance of "cocoanut"):

coconut oil; copra oil (oil from coconuts)

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

coconut milk; coconut water (clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut)

copra (the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted)

Holonyms ("cocoanut" is a part of...):

coco; coco palm; cocoa palm; coconut; coconut palm; coconut tree; Cocos nucifera (tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics)