cocoanut

cocoanut

English

Etymology

From cocoa (“coco”) +‎ nut.

Noun

cocoanut (plural cocoanuts)

  1. Archaic spelling of coconut.
    • 1882, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, A Truth Seeker Around the World: From Bombay to Hong Kong, D. M. Bennett, page 371:
      On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 127:
      The Gulnare brought us a few comforts in the shape of fresh provisions, fruits and curry stuffs, for which the Malayan Archipelago is famous, and with her came a supply of cocoanuts, which would have fully stocked an average plantation.
    • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 460:
      Oranges, cocoanuts and alligator pears lay in neat piles on little tables.

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