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COCONUT MEAT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

coconut; coconut meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("coconut meat" is a kind of...):

food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coconut meat"):

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

Holonyms ("coconut meat" is a substance of...):

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

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