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coconut

koh kuh nuht

  • n  the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
  • n  large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
  • n  tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
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  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington Post
    Chelsea said she had heard about coconuts, but had never seen one. So we went to a store and bought a coconut and took it home,Clinton recalled. "Bill and I, between us, had 50 years of education but we could not get the coconut open. We...
  • Joe Torre in SI.com
    I thought Hideki was going to take one on the coconut,Torre said. "That first one, it was like overspin."
  • Orlando Bloom in BBC News
    Bloom, who admitted he was a fan of the Rolling Stones, said: "I can't wait to see him." "Well - if he doesn't kill himself falling out of coconut trees. Very rock and roll."

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