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Cocoanut

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Noun

1. 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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Cocoanut

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noun
1. 
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)
2. 
a. 
the meat of the coconut, often shredded and used in cakes, curries, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
coconut cake
3. offensive, slang
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

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Cocoanut

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noun
the fruit of the coconut palm, consisting of a thick, fibrous, brown, oval husk under which there is a thin, hard shell enclosing a layer of edible white meat: the hollow center is filled with a sweet, milky fluid called coconut milk

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Cocoanut

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n.
Variant of coconut.

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