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Definitions for Coconut

[1] the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
[2] the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cooking, as a flavoring, and as a dessert topping.
[3] coconut palm.
[4] Slang : Disparaging and Offensive . a person of color, especially a person of Latin-American or South Asian origin or descent, who is regarded as having adopted the attitudes, values, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, at the expense of his or her ethnic heritage. Compare Oreo.
[5] the fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a thick fibrous oval husk inside which is a thin hard shell enclosing edible white meat. The hollow centre is filled with a milky fluid (coconut milk )
[6] the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cakes, curries, etc (as modifier ) coconut cake
[7] slang , derogatory a black or Asian person who conforms to white culture at the expense of his or her ancestral culture, the idea being that, like a coconut, he or she is dark on the outside and white on the inside

Words related to Coconut

brain, skull, belfry, upstairs, attic, crown, dome, cranium, noggin, scalp, pate, poll, noddle, thinker, noodle, capitulum

Words nearby Coconut

cocoa butter, cocoanut, cocobolo, cocom, cocomat, coconut, coconut butter, coconut crab, coconut cream, coconut ice, coconut matting

Origin of Coconut

First recorded in 1605–15; coco + nut

Word origin for Coconut

C18: see coco

Synonyms for Coconut

attic, belfry, brain, cranium, crown, dome, noddle, noggin, pate, poll, scalp, skull, thinker, upstairs, gray matter, think tank, top story, upper story